[Himyar]

We in the South mark and care for Union graves. It would never occur to us to not respect war dead.

[Jacquerie]

Beat me to it and said it better.

[Aliska]

Yes, and it is appreciated. A young man (Union) went as a paid substitute for my great-grandfather (have related this several years ago on FR). I sent for his civil war records, and he died of disease in Louisiana. Later I found his name in the Baton Rouge National Cemetery.

Were it not for his sacrifice and suffering, I and other cloe relatives might not be here. My gr grandfather had a son not too long after he died and named him after the one who died in Louisiana. That gr gr uncle went gold prospecting in Alaska, never married, and my father met him in Alaska during WWII where my father was serving.

There is a Confederate Cemetery on Rock Island Arsenal island where the former prison was located (mentoned in Margaret Mitchell's novel). Ashley, the love of Scarlett O'Hara until she was captivated by Rhett. I think Ashley may have survived, not sure. The cemetery is maintained and a ceremony every Memorial Day. I hope it continues.

This desecration is politically motivated, but the grounds are probably valuable real estate.

[Psalm 144]

“We in the South mark and care for Union graves. It would never occur to us to not respect war dead.”

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The gulf abides. It always will. There were reasons it rose to killing, and reasons why it will again.

[sailor76]

We in the South mark and care for Union graves. It would never occur to us to not respect war dead.
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Maybe it's time to rethink that. Playing nice with these people doesn't seem to work very well. I say we find every Union (Wisconsin Units) grave in the South and remove the marker.

They can dish it out, let's see if they can take it.

[Mears]

“It would never occur to us to not respect war dead.”

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We honor war dead in the North too.

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