Pennsylvania revises Confederate markers recasts forces as “enemy” soldiers Archives

Pennsylvania revises Confederate markers, recasts forces as “enemy” soldiers

The McConnellsburg changes are as follows:

A plaque commemorating the final Confederate encampment in Pennsylvania will no longer be displayed by the state, having been “accessioned into PHMC’s collection for interpretive purposes.” The plaque was dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a neo-Confederate group widely known for venerating the Southern army and whitewashing Civil War history.
A historical marker with similar text and the same subject has been updated to include mention of the Union “routing” that followed for “the last Confederates to camp on Pennsylvania soil.”
A historical marker commemorating the first Confederate deaths in Pennsylvania has been edited to emphasize Confederate raids and property thefts. It also now mentions the Confederate Army’s “invasion of Pennsylvania” and describes the Confederates as “enemy” soldiers. A prior version mentioned only a neutral-sounding “skirmish.” The marker’s title has been changed from “Confederate Dead” to “Gettysburg Campaign.” (A six-foot-tall roadside monument to the Confederate dead — erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy nearby — is not property of the state historical commission and was not part of the commission’s review, Pollman said.)

An email database for Sons of Confederate Veterans contained 71 military and 46 government email addresses, The Nation reported.
SCV has membership overlap with other white supremacist groups, per the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Several SCV members were sued for their participation in the violent Unite the Right rally.