Title
Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
Spring 5-8-2017
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
This year as a CWI Fellow, I’ve been doing a lot of research and thinking on Civil War memory, specifically that of Confederate memory. When doing this work, the question at the back of my mind is always: How should monuments, symbols, and other examples of Confederate memory be handled? This is a very difficult question, so up until now, I’ve left it alone, knowing that there would come a time in the future that I would sit down and wrestle with my conflicting opinions on the matter. A couple days ago, the Civil War Era Studies Department here at Gettysburg College sent out an email sharing the news that New Orleans had begun removing Confederate monuments and several other cities were thinking of doing the same. After reading this, I knew the time had come for me, and all of you, to join the discussion about Confederate Memory.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Ortman, Olivia, "Confederate Memory" (2017). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 233.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/233
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.