National List of Confederate monuments and memorials

1 national

1.1 united states capitol
1.2 coins , stamps
1.3 military

1.3.1 bases
1.3.2 facilities
1.3.3 current ships
1.3.4 former ships


1.4 multi-state highways

national

united states capitol

there 8 confederate figures in national statuary hall collection, in united states capitol.



in national statuary hall collection, in united states capitol, each state has provided statues of 2 citizens state wants honor. following confederate figures among them, many in confederate army uniforms. dates reflect when statue given collection:

robert e. lee (virginia, 1909)
zebulon baird vance (north carolina, 1916)
edmund kirby smith (florida, 1922). florida plans replace statue, of 2017 replacement figure has not been chosen. leading candidate african-american civil rights activist , educator mary mcleod bethune.
joseph wheeler (alabama, 1925)
alexander hamilton stephens (georgia, 1927)
wade hampton iii (south carolina, 1929)
jefferson davis (mississippi, 1931)
james z. george (mississippi, 1931)
jabez lamar monroe curry (alabama, 1908) replaced statue of helen keller in 2009



coins , stamps

robert e. lee , stonewall jackson portrayed mint on 1925 commemorative silver half dollar, along words stone mountain . coin fundraiser stone mountain monument honor confederate generals. authorized issue 5 million coins, sold @ $1 each, proved overly optimistic , 1.3 million coins released, many of ended in circulation after being spent face value. caption on reverse reads memorial valor of soldier of south .
robert e. lee has been commemorated on @ least 5 postage stamps. 1 1936–37 stamp featured generals lee , stonewall jackson lee s home stratford hall.

us military
bases

there 10 major u.s. military bases named in honor of confederate military leaders, in former confederate states. in 2015 pentagon declared not renaming these facilities, , declined make further comment in 2017.

fort lee, virginia (1917) named csa gen. robert e. lee
camp beauregard, louisiana (1917) named csa gen. pierre gustave toutant beauregard.
fort benning, alabama/georgia border (1917) named csa brig. gen. henry l. benning
fort gordon, georgia (1917) named csa maj. gen. john brown gordon
fort bragg, north carolina (1918) named csa gen. braxton bragg. largest military installation in world population.
fort polk, louisiana (1941) named csa gen. leonidas polk
fort a.p. hill, virginia (1941) named csa lt. gen. a. p. hill
fort pickett, virginia (1942) named csa gen. george pickett
fort rucker, alabama (1942) named csa gen. edmund rucker
fort hood, texas (1942) named csa gen. john bell hood.
camp breckinridge, near morganfield, kentucky (closed) named john c. breckinridge, u.s. vice president , confederate general. prisoner of war camp during world war ii; used army basic training during korean war. houses earle c. clements job corps center.

facilities

lee barracks, named csa gen. robert e. lee (1962), @ u.s. military academy @ west point, new york.
lee barracks (de) (mainz, germany), closed in 1992
u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland:

buchanan house, naval academy superintendent s home, named csa naval officer franklin buchanan. road near house memorialized in buchanan s name.
maury hall, home academy s division of weapons , systems engineering, named naval officer in charge of depot of charts , instruments @ washington , later csa naval officer matthew fontaine maury.



current ships

usns maury (t-ags-66) (2013)

former ships


uss buchanan: 3 u.s. navy destroyers have been named in honor of highest ranked confederate admiral franklin buchanan

uss buchanan (dd-131) 1919–1940 transferred uk navy
uss buchanan (dd-484) 1941–1949 transferred turkey s navy
uss buchanan (ddg-14) 1960–1991 sank target in 2000


uss maury – 5 former ships have carried maury name dating wwi , wwii.
uss robert e lee (ssbn-601) (ballistic missile submarine) in honor of gen. robert e. lee.
uss semmes – 2 destroyers have been named raphael semmes.

uss semmes (dd-189) 1920–1946
uss semmes (ddg-18) 1962–1991


uss stonewall jackson (ssbn-634) 1964–1995.
uss tom green county (lst-1159) 1953–1972 transferred spain. namesake texas county named csa brig gen thomas green
three ships named confederate leaders fell union hands during civil war. union navy retained names of these ships while turning guns against confederacy:

uss general bragg (1851), named confederate states navy in honor of gen. braxton bragg. captured june 1862 , operated union uss general bragg
beauregard privateer letters of marque issued confederacy, named in honor of gen. p. g. t. beauregard. captured prize , purchased on feb. 24, 1862 union navy operated uss beauregard.
uss general price (1862) confederate ship sunk in battle, raised , used union until sold in 1865.
liberty ship #113, named joseph e. johnston navy.
liberty ship #5, named alexander h. stephens
liberty ship #8, named jefferson davis



multi-state highways

jefferson davis highway, arlington, virginia san diego, california
lee highway, new york city san francisco.




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^ zebulon vance . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
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^ edmund kirby smith . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ turner, jim (october 10, 2017). house moves forward mary mcleod bethune statue . daytona beach news-journal. retrieved november 24, 2017. 
^ joseph wheeler . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ alexander hamilton stephens . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ wade hampton . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ jefferson davis . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ james zachariah george . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ helen keller . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-19. 
^ pilitowski, tom. information stone mountain half dollar coin . u.s. rare coin investments. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ 1937 four-cent army stamp: robert e. lee, thomas stonewall jackson, , stratford hall . hobbylark.com. retrieved august 21, 2017. 
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