![]() Some say let it be, why make trouble? just except things as they are.Please be respectful of copyright. 250 documented cases of women serving as soldiers in the Civil War but it is suspected there were many more than that. 28,693 Native Americans served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Even though a majority of African Americans lived in the South, the racism was so deep that African Americans were not allowed to join the Confederate army or have weapons. Nearly 40,000 black soldiers died over the course of the war-30,000 of infection or disease. Army and another 19,000 served in the Navy. By the end of the Civil War, roughly179,000 black men (10% of the Union Army) served as soldiers in the U.S. ![]() Over ninety-five percent of African Americans lived in the South.Īpproximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, accident, starvation, and disease during the Civil War. About 2.75 million soldiers fought in the Civil War 2 million for the North and 750,000 for the South. By the beginning of the 20th century the wall had disappeared.Īt the beginning of the Civil War, 22 million people lived in the North and 9 million people (4 million of whom were slaves) lived in the South. Woodland Indians built a rock wall, encircling the top of the mountain. In the early 19th century, the area was known as Rock Mountain. The Moundbuilders were gone, replaced by Creek Indians who called the peak Lone Mountain and used the easily spotted mountain as a meeting place. Crystal Mountain was the name given it in 1567 when Spanish explorer Juan Pardo visited it, in search of the Moundbuilder civilization discovered by deSoto on an earlier trip. At least 12 Archaic Indian sites have been identified in the vicinity of Stone Mountain. The story of Stone Mountain actually predates both the first white settlers and the Creek Indians before them. However, the Confederate Carving was not completed until 1972. In 1958, the State of Georgia purchased Stone Mountain. The Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Association was packed with KKK members. The UDC established the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Association (SMCMA) for fundraising and on-site supervision of the project. The Venable Brothers deeded the north face of the mountain to the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1916 to create the carving. The KKK was a terrorist group who believed in white supremacy and race separation. Both Venable and the carving sculptor Gutzon Borglum were associated with the KKK. In 1915, Samuel Venable the principal owner of Stone Mountain was a member of the Klan and hosted KKK events on his mountain for decades afterwards. Every time we go to war, we change history. The Confederate States of America sought to spread slavery and had it placed in the Confederate Constitution. President Lincoln in his Gettysburg address reminded us that America was ".conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal". The Union won the war, the slaves were freed, and the Confederacy was re-admitted into the Union. The reality is that both the Union and Confederate monuments do not truly represent or do justice to our story. The defenders of the status quo, seek to re-brand the legacy of the Confederacy and the Civil War. We do not seek to destroy history, but to make it more inclusive and realistic. ![]() So why is Stone Mountain Park designated a Confederate Memorial? In addition, there were no soldiers buried at Stone Mountain Park. There was no major Civil War battle at Stone Mountain. There were no battles in Georgia led by General Robert E. The capitol of the Confederate States of America was not in Georgia. The men in the Confederate Carving on Stone Mountain were not from Georgia. The carving should be removed if it cannot be made more representative of the Civil War history. Who should be included in the carving on Stone Mountain? Native Americans, African Americans, women, Lincoln, Sherman, Grant. Our goal is to make the Stone Mountain Confederate Carving more inclusive and to change its designation. The Confederate Carving is being glorified and celebrated as if the cause of the Civil War was not over. Today, The Confederate Carving on Stone Mountain has been re-branded with laser shows, animated with colored beams of lights.
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