A Monument for Peace

These flashcards cover key concepts and events related to 'A Monument for Peace' by W.M. Akers, focused on the Civil War, the monument's history, and its significance.

In December 1864, the Civil War was nearly __.

over.

Capturing Nashville was hoped to __ the Confederacy.

save.

The Confederate troops fought in __ uniforms, sometimes without shoes.

ragged.

On December 16, Hood was __.

defeated.

The Union won the Civil War four months __.

later.

Fifty years later, towns and cities had begun __ monuments in memory of the war's veterans.

building.

In 1914, Mrs. Caldwell and the Ladies Battlefield Association began raising __ to build a monument.

money.

They hired Italian sculptor __ to design the statue.

Giuseppe Moretti.

The monument was completed in __.

1927.

Moretti's statue showed a young man standing between two __.

horses.

The structure was a __ monument, honoring all those who died in the war.

peace.

In 1974, a tornado knocked the 40-foot-tall obelisk to the __.

ground.

For two decades, the monument was __-out of sight and nearly forgotten.

alone.

In 1992, the Tennessee Historical Commission chose a new __ for the monument.

location.

To move and restore the statue would cost much more-some estimated more than __.

$500,000.