Do you realize that the people who built many of the Confederate statues currently being torn down, were Union soldiers who likely had family members killed by the confederates?
I don't know why I'm taking the time doing this, other than hoping that at some point you'll start to realize that your right-wing sources lie to you, and have a complete distain for your intelligence. You deserve better than the way your media and politicians treat you and your ability to reason.
Let's take a look through the monuments that have been removed.
The very first one that was removed was a highway marker in... Vancouver Washington. It was
installed in 1939, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Next was the Jabez Curry statue. It was commissioned by the
the state of Alabama. Next one that was removed was the "Silent Sentinel" in Baton Rouge. Once again, not Union soldiers, but the
Daughters of the Confederacy put this one in place. We still haven't hit the big push of removals of the late-2010s, but we're almost there. Next one was the Confederate monument in Reidsville, NC. Surely, as we're heading this far North, we're going to see Union soldiers, right? Nope, another one built by the
Daughter's of the Confederacy.
Now things start picking up with the removals. Next, we have the Jefferson Davis statue in Austin. This monument was funded/commissioned by Confederate Army Officer,
George W. Littlefield. Next one that was removed was the Confederate Monument in Columbia, MO. This was yet another
UDC lost cause revisionist history edifice. Next monument that was removed was in Charlotte NC. It was built in 1977 -- for reference, the last Civil War veteran died in 1956. Wrapping up the monuments that were removed in 2015, we have the Confederate Flag Bicentennial Memorial in Wichita, KS.
Like the previous one, this one was built in the 1970s.
We're now into 2016 removals, starting out with the inscription
honoring Confederate soldiers at UT Austin. This is another one that was sponsored by Confederate veteran, George Littlefield. In fact, it was likely done out of spite for the Union supporter (George Brackenridge) who donated the land. Next one removed was the CSA North Carolina Military Institute monument, which was originally dedicated in 1994 (almost 40 years after the last Civil War veteran died). Next one to be removed in 2016 was a Jefferson Davis marker in Texas. Once again,
the Daughters of the Confederacy were behind it being built, not former Union soldiers. Next was the relocation of the
Confederate Monument in Louisville. Once again, no known former Union soldiers took part in advocating for it being built.
Now we move into the year with the highest number of removals -- 2017. The Johnny Reb Monument in Ocala, Florida.
Following the pattern of every single one so far, Union soldiers had nothing to do with it, and it was another UDC project. Following the Johnny Reb removal was the Confederate Soldier Monument in Orlando. Once again,
a UDC project. As I'm sure will be a shocker, the next one was
also a UDC project, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Next to fall in 2017 was the Kansas City "Loyal Woman of the South" monument, which once again was a
Confederate spear-headed project. Next was the Confederate statue of
Capt. Mathes, that was commissioned by his Confederate widow. Next was the Robert E Lee riding Traveller statue in Dallas. This one was done by the Confederate organization,
Southern Women's Memorial Association. Next was the KKK Grand Wizard monument for Confederate Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis. Once again,
a UDC project. Next to be removed that year were the stained glass windows in DC, of Jackson and Lee.
And once again, this was a Confederacy sympathizer revisionist "Lost Cause" installation. Next was the Sidney Johnston statue in Austin. Pretty much, if it's in Texas it's a coinflip of whether it was a revisionist "Lost Cause" edifice by the UDC, or something built out
of spite for the Union and Union soldiers by Confederate veteran George Littlefield. Next to come down that year was the Boston Harbor Confederate memorial. This is another one that was built after the last Civil War veteran was dead (built 1964). Next was Jackson and Lee statue in Baltimore, MD. This one is kind of different, in that the guy that funded it wasn't in the war, and wasn't part of the UDC revisionist "Lost Cause" efforts. He left the money in his will for the statue,
saying that the two men were his "boyish heroes". Next was Confederate memorial in
Ellicott City. This one was largely the work of Henry Forsythe Jr.
That takes us about a 3rd of the way into 2017. I can keep going if you want, but I'm fairly certain the outcome of continuing is pretty clear. Not a single one built by Union soldiers. Not one. I'm not saying that if I continue I might find one, or maybe even two, but "many"? Yeahhhh....