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Confederate Dead Monument
The Confederate Dead memorial in the cemetery at the University of Virginia is a large stone statue of a Confederate soldier designed by Caspar Buberl in 1893 as part of the movement to replace the temporary wooden markers with more permanent ones…

Statue of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes
This statue of Confederate Naval Commander Raphael Semmes served to immortalize him and to reinforce the actions taken by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. These monuments reflect the values that the South wanted to portray about the…

Battle of Liberty Place Monument
In mid-September of 1874, tensions boiled over in the city of New Orleans and gunshots rang out as the city, divided by the legacy of the Civil War and weary of the “carpet-baggers” and Reconstruction policies, erupted into violence.[1]The Crescent…

Dedication of Thomas Stonewall Jackson Monument
“Thomas Jonathan Jackson” is an equestrian statue of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson located in Charlottesville Virginia. It was sculpted by Charles Keck as one of four monuments commissioned by Paul Goodloe McIntire from members of the National Sculpture…

Picture of Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg West Virginia.
The Confederate Cemetery- (Also known as Confederate Burial Grounds) is the location of a mass burial of soldiers from the battles of Lewisburg (1862) and Droop Mountain (1863).  The more well-known and documented battle of the two was the conflict…

The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indiana
As a sign of celebration and remembrance, many Confederate monuments offer a message of a time in US history marred by slavery and the breakup of the Union. The objectives of these monuments are to perpetuate the Lost Cause narrative and continue the…

Confederate Monument
On June 3, 1925, the Confederate Monument Association of Los Angeles (CMALA), together with the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), unveiled the Confederate memorial at the Hollywood Cemetery. The function of the stone marker was to honor and…

Loyal Women of the Old South Memorial
In August 2017, the Kansas City Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy requested to relocate their “Loyal Women of the Old South Memorial” to an undisclosed location due to vandalism by local protestors, including a red hammer and sickle…

The Vandalized Monument of the Confederate Invasion of Iowa
The Confederate Invasion of Iowa Monument represents the furthest northern point of the Confederate incursions into Union territory during the American Civil War. The monument was dedicated in 2005 in Bloomfield, Iowa to commemorate the actions of…

Sculpture of Walter Washington Williams
The Confederacy lost the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, after a disastrous charge on the third day of fighting. The battle ended Robert E. Lee’s second invasion of the North, and ensured that his army could not take the offensive for the rest…
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