The grave of a famous Confederate general has been dug up and his remains moved to a private cemetery as part of a larger campaign to eliminate monuments to the Confederacy.
The remains of Confederate General A.P. Hill, which had been interred underneath a large statue and monument at a prominent Richmond, Virginia intersection, were exhumed on December 13 and moved to a private cemetery in his hometown of Culpeper, Virginia, the Associated Press reports.
The large statue, which had been the site of protests, was removed the previous day.
“The coffin draped in an old Virginia flag was brought into the cemetery on a mule-drawn wagon followed by a riderless horse. After a eulogy, song and prayers, there was a 21-gun salute and three rounds were fired from a cannon,” the Associated Press reports.
Hill was shot and killed by U.S. troops in the final days of the Civil War, after riding to the front lines to demand their surrender. He was originally buried in an undisclosed location, standing up, per his final wishes.
Hill’s remains were moved to Richmond in 1867, where his family originally wanted to inter him but were unable to due to its capture by Union forces.
In 1892 Hill was exhumed and his remains moved to the site of a monument to him, where they remained until 2022. The removal of his monument was the subject of legal wrangling, due to the fact it was one of the few Confederate monuments that housed remains.
“City officials have said the removed statue will be stored in an undisclosed location and later given to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. Attorneys for Hill’s indirect descendants agreed his remains would be moved to a cemetery in Culpeper, near where Hill was born,” the AP reports.
After his death the U.S military named a fort and World War II liberty ship after hill. The fort has since been renamed as part of an effort to eliminate honors for Confederate figures.
Absolutely shameful. Virginia has gone woke. One of the richest histories in this country is being dismantled.
It won’t be long and their will be no white history only black, just the way they want, little Africa !
Oh yeah! We can change history just by moving things around! How convenient!
Those jerkoffs are forgetting that those confederate soldiers are AMERICAN VETERANS and they were fighting for what they believed in- states rights. Funny how the democrats divided us during the civil war, and now they’re dividing us again.
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I didn’t realize how warped our country has gotten especially
since 2020
So I assume that the wokesters painted his bones black,and draped a rainbow flag over his remains before burning him to ashes in a satanic ritual to all the democrats in office.
RESEARCH! “There was a 21 gun salute and then three rounds fired from a cannon”. Not likely. A 21 gun salute can ONLY be done with cannon fire….so, were 24 rounds fired from cannon? Then that would be a 24 gun salute, and there is no such thing. What was most likely done, is a RIFLE Detail fired three vollies. The custom for veterans and interred soldiers is for three vollies of fire from a squad of three to seven riflemen. So anywhere from 9 to 21 rifle rounds may be fired. When there is a rifle detail of seven riflemen it is common to mistake the custom as a “21 gun salute”. By military regulation, even General Hill does not rate a 21 gun salute. Every fallen soldier, regardless of nationality, by custom, is entitled to three vollies of fire from a rifle squad. It is a custom as old as the Napoleonic Wars. On the battlefield a temporary truce may be called for the armies on both sides to collect their wounded and bury their dead with proper honors. Three vollies of fire, answered by three vollies of fire from the opposing side, would signal that both sides were finished processing their dead and ready to resume conflict. Three vollies of fire from a squad of 3 to 7 riflemen IS NOT a “21 Gun Salute”. A 21 Gun Salute is conducted with cannon only, fired one round at a time, not in vollies. Theoretically, it could be done with one cannon, but the fewest I’ve seen is three. One at a time, two reloading while one fires; there could also be 21, firing once each, one at a time.
That’s all “civilian arseholes” behind such “radicalism”.
Real soldiers respect their opponents as equals.
Disgusting disrespect for an important figure of history who fought for his State.
Sadly, the Dems should soon be coming after everything honoring Dr. King. They have to if they are consistent. Rev King said he had a dream, that people would be judged by their deeds. The Dems dream is everyone is judged by their skin color, sex, gender, etc, etc. Deeds never enters their review. So are Dems consistent, or great mis-informers? Their deed will show us.
EVIL, EVIL, EVIL!!! May the South rise again & NO this is not prejudice or pro slavery.
This is disgusting, leave our history alone and stop catering to whining liberals!
DISGUSTING. Let the man RIP.
Even though the confederates stood for a part of the United States that I would rather just dump in the ocean, I at least wanted it to remain to remind all of us of our history in a time era of discovery of what’s the right thing to do, but unfortunately the democratic party knows exactly what our history is, and trying to hide it is useless.
Political Correctness, (the language of fools and cowards) strikes again!, You can ignore and/or deny history but you can’t change it.
Much ado about nothing. You can’t change history, but if you don’t observe history, you are doomed to repeat it…
Sure! Destroy history…like it never happened.
guess there is no end to the destruction of American history
DISGUSTING!!!
He was a better man than them! AP Hill fought armies sent to dominate and control his people. Deo Vindice
Just when you thought the history revisionists could sink no lower…
If it’s liberal…It’s a lie!
Biden Holder Ubama Clintons, back dooring arms sales to Russia?
The first amendment isn’t waiting for approval….
This makes me sick. Ya can’t and shouldn’t try and change or bury history. Ya learn from history. This country is becoming a sad and sorry country.
what pointless vengeance some people seem to harbor. I pity them because too often such pent-up anger leads to severe health issues. Whatever happened to forgiveness and allowing the Past to remain in the past?
What a crock of Shiite! Enough of the woke Shiite!
It is a mockery to those brave men in gray to disrespect their service and ultimate sacrifice. We’ve truly degenerated as a society and as a country. I’m glad General A.P. Hill was given some measure of respect as his body was interred again. May he REST IN PEACE in final burial place.
WOKE idiots are erasing HISTORY just like Soviet Communists, the Nazis, and the Taliban. Aren’t they in good company?
I have never understood the need to try and erase the Civil War from our history. For good or bad it did happen. And now the idiots that are doing this have stooped to a new low. Desecration of someone final resting place simply because he fought for the Confederacy. And in Virginia of all places. Give me a break. Bunch of snowflakes that get their panties in a wad ver setting that happened over 150 years ago.
Awwwww did some one percenter get offended, Leave the dead alone.
So stupid and ignorant that’s why they call it history. Leave things alone stop being bunch whiney cupcakes that butt hurt so easily. Learn from history not hide it and act like it never happened.
REMOVING OUR HISTORY TO PLEASE STUPID IDIOTS IS A DISGRACE. IF THEY DONT LIKE AMERICA GET THE HELL OUT. LETS GO BRANDON
If we re-write enough history, maybe we can go back to being Colonies again.
Leftists hate all American veterans.