I am also a descendant of Joseph Hackney Sr. of Chatham County, so its always nice to meet a cousin. But I have to take issue with your premise that the Monument in Pittsboro was erected to symbolize White Supremacy. Explain the Confederate Monument erected by Union Veterans in 1895 in Chicago to honor Confederate soldiers who were imprisoned there.... The Kalamazoo Telegraph reported, “The valor of the soldiers of the South was as great as that of the soldiers of the North, and the monument dedicated in Chicago Thursday was not dedicated to the lost cause, but to the brave men who fought so valiantly for what they thought was right.” That same year the Confederate Monument in Raleigh was unveiled with over 30,000 people in attendance, one of the largest crowds ever to gather at the capital......... In 1898, President William McKinley, himself a Union veteran of the Civil War declared, “Every soldier’s grave made during our unfortunate Civil War is a tribute to American valor. And the time has now come … when in the spirit of fraternity, we should share in the care of the graves of the Confederate soldiers.”
Afterward, Confederate graves were moved to Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1906, Secretary of War William Howard Taft approved the Confederate Monument at Arlington which was unveiled by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1914 with both Union and Confederate Veterans in attendance......Some of the largest gatherings in Pittsboro in the late 19th century were Confederate reunions. These men were proud of their service and the populace was proud of them. No monuments were erected following the War because, for one thing, The South was militarily occupied by Federal Soldiers for twelve years [1865-1877]. Many Confederate Veterans were arrested after the War for simply wearing their uniform jackets, which were referred to as "Criminal Coats," and the thought of erecting monuments at that time would have been unthinkable.
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