Monuments - Why more Rebs that Feds?

[samgrant]

It seems to me (just anecdotally) that there are many more monument, statues, etc. to the Rebel persons vs. those of the Federal side. Am I mistaken? If not, what do you think would account for this disparity?

Anyone have a count of such?

[johan_steele]

I'm not sure that is true; the numbers of statues in small town cty squares & cemetaries... Congress authorized any cemetery w/ 20 or more CW Veterans was allowed a monument... there are a lot of them out there. The tragedy is that they are beginning to age and that age is showing and the majority of cities & counties could care less about it. MOre is the tragedy.

[larry_cockerham]

We just love our Southern boys more than we love you yanks, hence we have a few more monuments.

[larry_cockerham]

Shane is quite correct about the deterioration and a lack of excitement among today's youth for the American Civil War. There was an epidemic of monument construction early in 1900-1910 when many of the soldiers were still around to be honored. Even the little towns like Chapel Hill, Tennessee and Camden, Maine have central monuments in a park or town square. The price to replace or build from scratch is getting to be a challenge for small communities.

[OpnDownfall]

I too question, whether there are significantly more southern monuments than northern.
It is a 'General' rule that that the dedication to war monuments is based on the sacrifice required of a people or land engaged in a war, as 'Percieved' by the affected people.
Many northern monuments are in large metropolitan areas, thus less visible, than the much smaller, less developed areas in the south, where the mouments as much more visible. But there are many war monuments in the smaller towns all over the mid west and New England.
The Constructed Mythos of the 'Lost Cause' keeps the minds of many Southerners firmly planted in the past and so are more likely to keep their memories of the past more fresh and alive. As the victors, the north has nothing to prove and were more willing to let the past recede a little further than the defeated southerner.

[larry_cockerham]

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The Constructed Mythos of the 'Lost Cause' keeps the minds of many Southerners firmly planted in the past and so are more likely to keep their memories of the past more fresh and alive. As the victors, the north has nothing to prove and were more willing to let the past recede a little further than the defeated southerner.[/QUOTE]

I believe you Sir have little knowledge of the South. This is blarney for the most part.

[Ozark Iron John]

I had a boy from Wisconsin come down here to attend a wedding one time. We was hostin' a reception at a little place just outside of Stone's River National Battlefield.

He says, "You know what we call all them monuments in Wisconsin?"

I say, "I don't know!"

He say's "Second Place Trophies!" and laughs.

I've gotta admit, I was taken aback. For a second, I didn't know what to say to him. Then it come to me.

I pointed over towards the cemetery and said "Thar's 30,000 Yankee boys buried over thar, ONE more won't make no difference!" and drew my finger across my throat from ear to ear.

That shut him up good. I don't think I heard him say two words the rest of the night.

[ole]

Like OD, I couldn't say that there are more Confederate monuments than Union, but we're overlooking the huge post-war wave of immigrants that mostly stayed in the north. I can't imagine they knew much more about the war than what they read in books or learned in school. They certainly didn't have a dog in the fight.
Ole

[LadyReb]

The UDC played a big part in placing the monuments in the South. I am not sure how many monuments may have been placed by the daughters of Union Veterans.

We members of the UDC are still placing markers and stones whenever we can.

[richard]

One possible reason for as to why more monuments are located in the south is the fact that over 98 percent of the fighting took place there.