Monuments to Confederate Government?

whitworth · #1 07-12-2007, 04:44 PM

I never heard of any monument to the lost Confederate government, in any southern city. Are there any?

I've seen dozen and dozen of monuments to the generals and more commonly, to the individual Confederate soldier, in the town squares across the South. But what about the government of the Confederacy?

Do we miss something, by not asking that question?

garyolman · #2 07-12-2007, 06:14 PM

As for the south I dont know. As for the orth I have seen monuments to to the common solider, usually they are for all those lost in all the wars, with the wars listed
Gary

garyolman · #3 07-12-2007, 06:14 PM

As for the south I dont know. As for the orth I have seen monuments to to the common solider, usually they are for all those lost in all the wars, with the wars listed
Gary

garyolman · #4 07-12-2007, 06:14 PM

As for the south I dont know. As for the North I have seen monuments to the common solder, usually they are for all those lost in all the wars, with the wars listed
Gary

Dred · #5 07-12-2007, 06:26 PM

Seems to me in order to have a monument for a government official, they have to have done something very great. The confederate government was completely conceived in war, and did not last long enough to prove its worth. Plus, since they were technically a different country at that time, it would be up to that country to erect the monuments. You don't see us putting up monuments for the Mexican or Canadian government. Since the country no longer exists, there is nobody left to put up a monument. On the other hand I don't think anybody is in a hurry to erect a monument to group of treasonous men, whether they agreed with them or not!

samgrant · #6 07-12-2007, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garyolman

As for the south I dont know. As for the North I have seen monuments to the common solder, usually they are for all those lost in all the wars, with the wars listed
Gary

Thanks Gary!

Thanks Gary!

Thanks Gary!

trice · #7 07-12-2007, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whitworth

I never heard of any monument to the lost Confederate government, in any southern city. Are there any?

I've seen dozen and dozen of monuments to the generals and more commonly, to the individual Confederate soldier, in the town squares across the South. But what about the government of the Confederacy?

Do we miss something, by not asking that question?

I suppose, in a way, the biggest Union Civil War monument might be the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, so I went to look for a Jefferson Davis equivalent. Turns out there is one: the Jefferson Davis Monument, a 351-foot-high obelisk in Fairview, KY. I figured I'd hit on one of the others, like the Jefferson Davis Monument in Richmond or the bas relief on Stone Mountain in GA.

But, as I think of it, is there a monument somewhere to the US (Union) government in the Civil War? All the ones I recall are to indivuals or to the men who fought.

Regards,
Tim

samgrant · #8 07-12-2007, 09:49 PM

Pick your poison:

http://www.scvlonestardefenders.home...fedStatue.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_War_Memorial_(Dallas,_TX)

http://www.knoxvillecmh.org/

http://www.confederatemuseum.com/

http://www.confederate.org/hall.html

http://www.tennessee-scv.org/camp28/Memorial_Hall.html

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/...actionNo==7958

larry_cockerham · #9 07-12-2007, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whitworth

I never heard of any monument to the lost Confederate government, in any southern city. Are there any?

I've seen dozen and dozen of monuments to the generals and more commonly, to the individual Confederate soldier, in the town squares across the South. But what about the government of the Confederacy?

Do we miss something, by not asking that question?

Seems to me the 'lost' Confederate government was no big loss, hence better forgotten. I believe one of the other folks who responded to this is correct. The soldier was important. The Confederate government wasn't.

larry_cockerham · #10 07-12-2007, 11:55 PM

Somehow I suspect every state capitol is a monument to the Union. I still see a few U.S. flags flying among the Confederate ones here in Tennessee at probably a ratio of 10,000 to 1. That should be a monument to something. Long may they wave. We'd have more monuments to Sherman, but the urinal was invented back in the 1800s.