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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | © The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

United Confederate Veterans the largest veterans' group made up of members of the Confederate forces of the Civil War. It was formed in 1889, and by 1903 it had an estimated 80,000 members.

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