What century?

Having only lived west of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon line, I never took the civil war seriously.  Here in North Carolina some people are still fighting it.

To the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy

Another of the confederate monuments on the capitol grounds in Raleigh.  This one honors the women of the confederacy, who stayed home while the men went off to war.  Maybe the anti confederate statue and the women's rights movements should get together on this one.  Info here. This is another monument that could be moved out of the state capitol grounds. info here.

To our confederate dead

Walking by the state capitol, I was surprised by a monument to "Our Confederate Dead"  It sits on a busy corner in front of the capitol.

As a westerner, I've never lived in a place where the civil war was fought.  

So much of Raleigh's population is made up of people from other places, that sometimes I forget that we're in the South.

Our Governor has requested that the monuments be removed from the capitol grounds and placed at the Bentonville battlefield in Johnston county.  But there are laws against removal, and committees that have to approve.  info here

This website has some thoughtful opinions on the subject.