Tennessee Society Military Order of the Stars and Bars

Honoring our Confederate Ancestors since 1938

“Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope that it may find a place in history and descend to posterity. History is not the relation of campaigns and battles and generals or other individuals, but that which shows the principles for which the South contended and which justified her struggle for those principles.“

Robert E. Lee

When and Where the Military Order of the Stars and Bars Began

On June 10th, 1889, in New Orleans, Louisiana, a group of proud surviving soldiers of the Confederate States of America organized an association called the United Confederate Veterans. Its goals were to protect and defend the honor and dignity of the memory of the Confederate soldier. As the ranks of the aged veterans of the UCV began to thin with the passage of time, a group of the surviving Confederate officers met in Columbia, South Carolina on August 30th, 1938 to discuss their concerns that the unique contributions made by the Confederate leadership were not properly chronicled in our nation’s history books. They felt a particular duty fell to them as members of the Officers Corp.

This first meeting of what they named the “Order of the Stars & Bars” was convened with a great deal of enthusiasm by seventeen former Confederate officers as well as an additional forty-seven male descendants of Confederate officers in attendance. These dedicated men were unanimous in voting to begin a new CSA veteran society that would hold annual meetings. The OSB was unique in that the organization was made up of veterans and their descendants with the understanding that as the original Confederate officers died that it was the sacred responsibility of their male offspring to continue to carry on the purposes of the Order.

Who We Are

The fraternal Military Order of the Stars & Bars, a non-profit 501(c) 3, non-political educational, historical, patriotic, and heritage group continues its dedication to the preservation of Southern history and remains the only heritage organization actually founded by Confederate veterans.

Our History

Founded in 1938 in Columbia, SC, by Confederate veterans themselves and their descendants, the Military Order of the Stars and Bars initially included only lineal descendants of Confederate officers. The membership has since expanded to embrace collateral relatives connected to Confederate officials.

MOS&B Chapters

What is a Chapter you may ask, much like a Boy Scout Troop or a Masonic Lodge, a Chapter is not the meeting place or location, but the members or body of the Chapter. A Chapter focuses on celebrating, educating and promoting the historic sacrifices made by their patriot ancestors.

Preamble to the Constitution of the MOS&B

The War Between the States produced some of the most outstanding civil and military leaders in the history of mankind. To perpetuate the idealism that animated the Confederate Cause and to honor the courage, devotion and endurance of those who dedicated their lives and services during four years of devastating war, and who, throughout the dreadful decade of reconstruction, labored heroically for the restoration of self-government as the most precious heritage of the American Revolution, male descendants of the officers who honorably served in the Army, Navy and other commands of the Confederate States of America and male descendants of the elected and appointed officials of the Confederate Executive and Legislative branches of government unite to establish The Military Order of Stars and Bars, a patriotic Society. This Preamble shall not be subject to amendment or change.

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Honoring our Confederate Ancestors since 1938

When and Where the Military Order of the Stars and Bars Began

If you are interested in membership or want to know more about the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, please contact us and look at the Facebook and websites.

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