The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) is the first and oldest Civil War Union hereditary organization in the United States. The Order was founded by Union commissioned officers on April 20, 1865, only days after Lincoln’s assassination and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Direct descendants and collateral relatives, first cousins and closer in relationship, of Civil War Union commissioned officers who honorably served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Revenue Cutter Service, or Federalized state militia/home guard may be eligible for membership in the Loyal Legion as Hereditary Companions. Associate membership is also available.