Confederate Memorial Statue to Return to Arlington Cemetary
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What are your thoughts on the return of the Confederate Memorial Statue to Arlington National Cemetery?

I will provide my thoughts first and you can post yours.

I do not have a problem with honoring Confederate dead at Arlington Cemetary, however politics should be avoided if possible.

I feel this issue is too politically charged by both sides. The memorial itself is very beautiful but too grand and overtly political for Arlington Cemetary. I could understand it being at a battlefield or Confederate Cemetary, but not a Union cemetary...

A simple marker honoring the dead would be more appropriate.

Likewise, the language criticizing the memorial as propaganda has also been removed...
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In reading Cory M. Pfarr's The Federal Signal Service at Antietam: stations, Officers and Battlefield Intelligence on America's Bloodiest Day, I came across this passage on pp. 55-56:

A further signal from Sumner through Brooks and Hill, preserved in the Official Records without a timestamp – again, likely transmitted via the Michael Miller Farm station – asked McClellan: "Do you think it proper to countermand the order to send Slocum's division to Richardson's support, as I shall need it on the right if I advance?" The timing of this dispatch is uncertain, though it may correspond to the conference...
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Skirmishing North of Town and Arrival of Doles’ Brigade on July 1
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Von Amsberg's 61st Ohio deploys as skirmishers north of Gettysburg and exchanges shots with Blackford's sharpshooters (attached to O'Neal's Alabama brigade) to the west. To the northwest, Doles' (Georgia) brigade arrives west of the Carlisle road, extending the left of Rodes' division, and is allowed to rest, except for their sharpshooter battalion, which deploys immediately to confront Devin's cavalry videttes in their front. Map reflects the situation at 1 p.m., July 1.

"As soon as we arrived on the field, were ordered to deploy as skirmishers." – Lieutenant Colonel William H. H. Bown, 61st Ohio.

"Formed little more than a skirmish line, which rested along a by-road...
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John Buford Jr.​
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Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
Mother: Ann B. Watson
Wife: Martha McDowell "Pattie" Duke 1830 – 1903

Children:
James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​
Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​

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