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Opinion: What legacy does Old Joe commemorate?
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The Confederate Memorial monument, commonly referred to as, "Old Joe," is pictured on the downtown Gainesville square. - photo by David Barnes
Mary Ann Morgan and Mary Ann Chumbley would have been alive to see Old Joe dedicated in 1909. I have no way of knowing their feelings on the occasion or if they felt a statue made up for the loss of their husbands in the war. White Southerners suffered immensely during the Civil War, and none more so than women who saw husbands and sons killed, wounded, maimed or missing.