[Sherman Logan]

Well, would not northerners be upset if someone tried to erect a monument to confederate soldiers somewhere in the north?

Well, there are at least a couple dozen at Gettysburg, PA.

http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/Confederate.php

Erected over a period of 1884 to 1982.

Here's a memorial to Confederate dead at the Battle of Westport, in what is now Kansas City. I grew up not far from here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westport#Memorials

Since almost all the battles were fought in Confederate states, there isn't a lot of opportunity to erect memorials to CSA dead in the North.

Speaking as a northerner, though presently living in an ex-Confederate state, I would not object to a memorial to brave men who fought and died for their beliefs.

[jeffc]

I mean if someone tried to do it today, as the article was describing.

The article was a bit rambling, not well written - probably only proofread once or twice, but do I understand this correctly: A group tried to get a Confederate monument erected and now it looks like they'll erect a Union monument?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Hey Sherm would it make you happy if we carve a whiskey bottle on Stone Mountain in honor of General Grant? I could live with it. :-)

[James C. Bennett]

Speaking as a northerner, though presently living in an ex-Confederate state, I would not object to a memorial to brave men who fought and died for their beliefs.

Any beliefs?