I normally don't let things like this get under my skin ---But taking down Confederate monuments is BULLSHIT this is apart of American History just as WWI--WWII--korean war
The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865
Among the 34 U.S. states in February 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy grew to include eleven states; it claimed two more border states (Kentucky and Missouri), the Indian Territory, and the southern portions of the Union's western territories of Arizona and New Mexico, which was organized and incorporated into the Confederacy as Confederate Arizona. The Confederacy was never diplomatically recognized by the United States government, nor was it recognized by any foreign country (although Britain and France granted it belligerent status). The states that remained loyal, including the border states where slavery was legal, were known as the Union or the North.
The North and South quickly raised volunteer and conscription armies that fought mostly in the South over four years. During this time many innovations in warfare occurred, including the development and use of iron-clad ships, ultimately changing naval strategy around the world. The Union finally won the war when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the battle of Appomattox, which triggered a series of surrenders by Confederate generals throughout the southern states. Four years of intense combat left 620,000 to 750,000 soldiers dead, a higher number than the number of American military deaths in both World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined, and much of the South's infrastructure was destroyed. The Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and 4 million slaves were freed. The Reconstruction Era (1863–1877) overlapped and followed the war, with the process of restoring national unity, strengthening the national government, and granting civil rights to freed slaves throughout the country. The Civil War is arguably the most studied and written about episode in American history.
lots of things in history took place then ---GOOD AND BAD
Slavery
Sectionalism
Protectionism
States' rights
Territorial crisis
National elections
Nationalism and honor
It Goes on and on
if the american people continue to down grade American History where will it stop!!
Do we remove all History that has anything to do with War ??
Do we remove classes from schools that teach History ??
Do we remove all the historical landmarks ??
which a lot of them tell about the Civil war--
So we do we draw the line--HISTORY IS HISTORY GOOD OR BAD