It would be good to remember now, with all this animosity, especially with Dems rioting over statues, that those very people you all speak ill of, who were actually fighting in that war, had less animosity between themselves than people today. Perhaps we can take a lesson from that fact. These people were largely brothers and they knew it. The fact that many would “allow” monuments to these “traitors” at all is testament to their tolerance and perhaps understanding that it was just a POV they didn’t fully support.
Heck, as a graveyard nut who has dealt with various characters, I’ve had Sons of Confederate Veterans types asking why Sons of Union Veterans of CW aren’t more active and why they are letting great memorials to great Union generals rot in basements.
I guess better rotting in basements than rotting in Hell. LOL!