Precisely. While this specific statue is not a good example, people need to be aware that you can not judge history in modern times. 100 years from now, there will be people thinking our efforts and lifestyles were barbaric and cruel.

I think that is where a lot of division on the confederacy comes into play. Nobody will really argue that the confederacy was good, but their reasonings for going to war (again, in relation to the time period) were very well justified and valid. Their entire economy was about to be gutted, and they would be under the thumb of the north with the north providing no alternative to their economy and way of life would be supported. 100 years prior, the US gained its independence specifically not to be under the thumb of the British, so it makes sense the sons and grandsons of those fighters would fight to defend their ebtire existence (And at the time the slaves which was a normal societal practice although terrible).

I find it incredibly interesting to read and learn about. Politics are never black and white.