Yeah, what's up with that
After all, these guys were all democRATs.
I believe that this story has been thoroughly debunked, but it will probably live forever in some quarters. Apparently one of the faculty, doing some rearranging of his office and hallway moved one or more of the painting that line the hallways. Whether for political or aesthetic reasons, I know not.
What he removed are a small sample of paintings gifted to the college by graduating class. They usually depict some American military historical event and are all done on commission by Don Stivers and a few other artists. With Carlisle Barracks proximity to Gettysburg, Civil War themes have been popular over the years. The walls at Root Hall are packed with these things, none of them are historic portraits.
To see what I’m talking about go here, You can find Lee among them, probably Jackson but I didn’t look closely. Much ado about nothing.
The all confederates are democrats is starting to get old.