Welcome to the Home of the Laura Ratcliffe UDC Chapter

The United Daughters of the Confederacy is the outgrowth of many local memorial, monument, and Confederate home associations and auxiliaries to camps of United Confederate Veterans that were organized after the War Between the States. It is the oldest patriotic organization in our country because of its connection with two statewide organizations that came into existence as early as 1890 — the Daughters of the Confederacy (DOC) in Missouri and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee.
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Laura Ratcliffe

Confederate spy, great granddaughter of Richard Ratcliffe, and known as the local beauty; Laura Ratcliffe was a brave and dedicated lady who saved the life of Col. John Mosby in 1863. She lived in the area of Frying Pan (Herndon) Virginia, on Centreville Road.

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Merrybrook

Merrybrook, the only known remaining home of civil war heroine Laura Ratcliffe. She lived here from 1869 until her death in 1923. The interior, out-buildings and lovely grounds still retain the atmosphere of earlier times.

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