Castle ThunderOn July 14, 1863, the Confederate secretary of war appointed Carrington a commissioner of prisoners in Richmond and instructed him to report as well on persons suspected of disloyalty to the Confederacy. The health of the prisoners of war provoked censure from Carrington’s counterparts in the U.S. Army and from the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Carrington reported in November 1863 that the prisoners were being properly provided with food and shelter, but throughout the war prisoners died, and criticism continued. The condition of the prisoners remained a subject of intense debate long after the war ended.
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Confederate symbols prove difficult to remove in many states The truth of the matter is that most of these monuments and memorials don’t offer any historical context at all
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Just past the gate at an entrance to the Texas Capitol, a large monument honoring the soldiers of the Confederacy looms, with towering statues and an inscription that reads, “Died for state rights guaranteed under the Constitution.”
It is one of seven Confederate memorials on the Texas Capitol grounds alone. There are over 2,000 Confederate symbols from monuments to building names in public spaces nationwide, more than a century and a half after the Civil War ended slavery, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.