[vetvetdoug]

Northern monuments were paid by the Federal Government. Southern monuments were by donations. Just FYI. Some monuments for Southerners were paid by the States themselves such as the Mississippi monument at Gettysburg.

[rustbucket]

Northern monuments were paid by the Federal Government. Southern monuments were by donations. Just FYI.

Thanks. I didn't realize that.

Lots of Southern towns have their Confederate monument near the courthouse, no doubt paid for with local funds. Often the town monument is a statue of a Confederate soldier facing North.

Then there are the pointed tombstones used for Confederate soldiers. The story goes that the tombstones were pointed so that Yankees couldn't sit on them.