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To be clear, removing all statues with "any connection to slavery" is not what @SpeakerPelosi is proposing.
Her list of 11 statues proposed for removal are all Confederates, plus John C. Calhoun, who died before the Civil War but famously defended slavery as "a positive good" https://twitter.com/lindsaywise/status/1272960769974571009
Her list of 11 statues proposed for removal are all Confederates, plus John C. Calhoun, who died before the Civil War but famously defended slavery as "a positive good" https://twitter.com/lindsaywise/status/1272960769974571009
*OK, clarifying after checking with Pelosi's office that the list of statues proposed for removal is now at 12, and does NOT include Calhoun. It's only known Confederate military or political office holders. A list follows in this thread, for those who are curious...
1. Alabama, Joe Wheeler
“An 1859 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he resigned from the Army to join the Confederate forces in 1861 and rose rapidly to the rank of lieutenant general. Nicknamed "Fighting Joe."
“An 1859 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he resigned from the Army to join the Confederate forces in 1861 and rose rapidly to the rank of lieutenant general. Nicknamed "Fighting Joe."
2. Arkansas, Uriah Rose
“In 1860 he was appointed chancellor in Pulaski County, a position he held until Union forces captured the state capital.”
“In 1860 he was appointed chancellor in Pulaski County, a position he held until Union forces captured the state capital.”
3. Georgia, Crawford Long
“Late in the Civil War, Long joined an Athens militia unit—though it was never called to active duty.” ( https://dlg.usg.edu/ )
“Late in the Civil War, Long joined an Athens militia unit—though it was never called to active duty.” ( https://dlg.usg.edu/ )
4. Mississippi, Jeff Davis, president of the Confederate States
5. Mississippi, James Z. George
“As a member of the Mississippi Secession Convention, he signed the Ordinance of Secession.
A Confederate colonel during the Civil War, he was captured twice and spent two years in prison.”
“As a member of the Mississippi Secession Convention, he signed the Ordinance of Secession.
A Confederate colonel during the Civil War, he was captured twice and spent two years in prison.”
6. Louisiana, Edward Douglass White
“In 1861 he left school and enlisted in the Confederate Army.”
“In 1861 he left school and enlisted in the Confederate Army.”
7. North Carolina, Zebulon Vance
“Elected governor [of North Carolina] in 1862, he worked during the war to insure legality in the harsh conscription practices of the Confederacy and to guarantee protection of the law to North Carolinians.”
“Elected governor [of North Carolina] in 1862, he worked during the war to insure legality in the harsh conscription practices of the Confederacy and to guarantee protection of the law to North Carolinians.”
8. South Carolina, Wade Hampton
“In 1862 he was advanced to brigadier general of the cavalry.”
“In 1862 he was advanced to brigadier general of the cavalry.”
9. Virginia, Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
10. West Virginia, John E. Kenna
Served in Confederate Army
Served in Confederate Army
11. Georgia, Alexander Stephens, VP of the Confederacy
