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'virginia to her sons ' leaves out a large number of virginia mother's sons .

labeling the ' common soldiers ' by occupation is disingenuous at best - the southern ' common soldier ' was mislead into becoming the war's greatest casualty .

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It’s always been interesting to me, and I like to point this out to our visiting friends and family, the contrast between the Union and Confederate monuments at Gettysburg. We then have a good conversation about the meaning of the war, interpretations, and CW memory.

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So many interpretive possibilities on that battlefield.

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I have an interpretation of you and it isn't historian.

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Thanks for the feedback, Rich. Hope you are doing well.

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Agree that more interpretation is needed. Don't suppose, for example, that the VA monument makes any references to the African Americans kidnapped by Lee's army for sale into slavery.

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No, it doesn't. It is a battlefield 'silence' that is exacerbated by this monument. I would love to see an interpretive marker that focuses on the thousands of enslaved men that accompanied Lee's army at this specific spot.

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