Confederate War
Americannoun
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The mayor delayed decisions on the Confederate War Memorial, but the council this year voted to remove it, shooting down Rawlings’ push to recontextualize it.
From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2019
And it was Wilson who started the presidential tradition of laying a Memorial Day wreath at Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate War Memorial.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2015
In San Antonio, protesters gathered at the city's Confederate War Veterans Monument and chanted: "The banks got bailed out, we got sold out."
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2011
Such at least was the purpose Loring communicated to the Confederate War Department; but he was not allowed to attempt it.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 by Cox, Jacob Dolson
With the surrender at Appomattox Court-House the Confederate War ended—no attempt was made by General Johnston or other commanders to prolong it—in that great whirlpool all hopes of further resistance disappeared.
From A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by Cooke, John Esten
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