United Daughters of the Confederacy

United Daughters of the Confederacy ® North Carolina Division 2017-2018 MEMBER ESSAYS

SILVER BOWL given through the Guilford Chapter 301 by Miss Mattie Williams in memory of Mary Louise Jones for the best essay on any topic concerning the Confederacy or the UDC.

$10.00 given by the NC Division for the best essay on ”A Southern Woman of Valor”

$10.00 given by the NC Division for the best essay on “The Importance of Salt to the Confederate War Effort”

HIGH SCHOOL ESSAYS (GRADES 9 – 12)

$20.00 given by the NC Division for the best essay on “The Salisbury Confederate Prison in Salisbury, NC”

$25.00 given by Betty Gaither Halter and Margaret Gaither DeVore honoring their ancestor Dr. William Wiley Gaither, Surgeon, for the best essay on “Medical Practices in the Confederacy during the War for Southern Independence”

$40.00 given by Graham 944 and Amanda Nestor in memory of Alma Oakley Jolly for the best essay on “Sherman’s March to the Sea and the Destruction of the Civilian Population”

MIDDLE SCHOOL ESSAYS (GRADES 6 – 8)

$10.00 given by the NC Division for the best essay on “The Confederate Soldiers’ Home of Richmond,VA, and its Chapel”

$20.00 given by the NC Division for the best essay on “Erecting the Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy in Raleigh”

$20.00 given by Peggy W. Johnson, Division President 2016-2018, for the best essay on “Henry Lawson Wyatt, the First NC Soldier to Die in Battle”

ELEMENTARY ESSAYS (GRADES 1 – 5)

$10.00 given by the NC Division for the best essay on “Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller”

$20.00 given by Tammy Hall Shropshire of Graham 944 in memory of Harris and Norma Hall for the best essay on “Toys and Games for Children in the 1860s” HIGH SCHOOL ART (GRADES 9 –12)

$10.00 given by the NC Division for the best drawing of Pool Rock Plantation in Vance County, NC

$20.00 given by Melanie Perryman, NC Division Historian 2014-2016, for the best art work on any NC Confederate Monument

MIDDLE SCHOOL ART (GRADES 6 – 8)

$10.00 given by the NC Division for the best drawing of the Unity Monument at Bennett Place or of Duke Homestead in Durham County

ELEMENTARY ART (GRADES 1 – 5)

$10.00 given by the NC Division for the best drawing of the Confederate Soldier Monument in Fayetteville, NC or of Stagville Plantation in Durham County