United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South

[1] In 1863, during the American Civil War, the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States passed several patriotic resolutions that alienated four of its member synods, the North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Southwestern Virginia synods, located in the Confederacy.

That same year the organization's name was again changed, this time to the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod South.

In 1918 the United Synod of the South merged with the General Synod and General Council to form the United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA).

In 1962, the ULCA became part of the new Lutheran Church in America (LCA).

Most of the United Synod's churches were in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, three states that remain the "heartland" for the ELCA in the southeastern U.S.