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    The Norfolk Confederate Monument was a Confederate memorial in front of the Norfolk Southern Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The monument was...
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    There are more than 160 Confederate monuments and memorials to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy) and associated figures that have...
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    2020. Murphy, Ryan (June 3, 2020). "Norfolk's Confederate monument could be removed as soon as August". Norfolk Daily Press. Archived from the original...
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    1866 with one purpose "being the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead of Portsmouth and Norfolk County." The design was by topographical engineer...
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    made plans for removing and relocating the Confederate Memorial by the start of 2024 at the latest. The monument was removed on December 20, 2023 and is...
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    activities such as building Confederate monuments and influencing the authors of textbooks. The modern display of the Confederate battle flag primarily started...
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  • the current pugnacious political climate, we must understand why Confederate monument defenders stridently praise those who defended slavery and secession...
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    The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly...
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    Moses Jacob Ezekiel (category Confederate States Army soldiers)
    monuments is the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, which he thought of as the "crowning achievement of his career." The monument was...
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    with two felonies for an incident during protests at Portsmouth's Confederate monument on June 10. In early July, Lucas had filed a civil defamation case...
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    Retrieved March 18, 2008. Fitts, Deborah (July 2004). "New Monument Honors Suffolk, Va. Confederate Officer". Civil War News. Tunbridge, VT: Historical Publications...
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    William Mahone (category Confederate States Army major generals)
    commanded the Confederate's Norfolk district until its evacuation the following year. In May 1862, after Confederate forces fled Norfolk during the Peninsula...
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    portal Confederate Memorial Day List of Confederate monuments and memorials Grand Army of the Republic Confederate Memorial Hall Confederate Memorial...
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    Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) (category Confederate States of America cemeteries)
    of over 11,000 confederate soldiers, the largest number buried in one cemetery. They are memorialized by the Monument of the Confederate War Dead, a 90-foot...
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    had cut the telegraph wires, the Confederates could not send warnings ahead to forces along the railway. Confederates eventually captured the raiders and...
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    Walter Gwynn, who commanded the Confederate defenses around Norfolk, erected batteries at Sewell's Point, to protect Norfolk and to control Hampton Roads...
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    combat between ironclad warships, the USSĀ Monitor and CSSĀ Virginia. The Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia (built from remnants of...
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    Gregory, Sara (June 17, 2020). "Maury High and two other Norfolk schools named for Confederates could be renamed". pilotonline.com. "About Our School /...
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    Henry Wirz (category Confederate States Army officers)
    who served as a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp...
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    War Cherokee Choctaw Outline of the American Civil War Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials "End of the Rebellion; The Last Rebel Army Disbands...
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    2020, Mayor Girtz joined protesters in calling for the removal of a Confederate monument on Broad Street. The demand came after local law enforcement teargassed...
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    The military forces of the Confederate States, also known as Confederate forces or the Confederate Armed Forces and Confederate States Armed Forces, were...
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    historic municipal cemetery located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1853, and is filled with monuments and mausoleums that embody the pathos...
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    Francis Henney Smith (category Confederate militia generals)
    general in the Virginia militia and a colonel in the Confederate States Army. Smith was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He married Miss Sarah Henderson on June...
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    businessman, and soldier, noted for his role as a Confederate States Army officer in commanding the Confederate garrison at Fort Fisher at the mouth of the...
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    to fires during the Colonial period. The building also served as the Confederate States Capitol during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. In the early 20th...
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    Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. Though Farragut resided in Norfolk, Virginia, prior to the Civil War, he was a Southern Unionist who strongly...
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    approaching the Union lines at Norfolk, Virginia, under a flag of truce. Although his formal instructions from Confederate President Jefferson Davis had...
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    Gosport Navy Yard (later named the Norfolk Navy Yard) on April 20, 1861, to prevent its exploitation by Confederate forces. He was captured during this...
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    removed the last Confederate statue, honoring Confederate General General A. P. Hill, on December 12, 2022. The only statue remaining on Monument Avenue is of...
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