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A Monument for Peace

by W.M. Akers
In December, 1864, the Civil War was nearly over. The armies of the Union had conquered most of
the South, but the fighting was not finished. Hoping to reverse the war's course, the Confederate
general John Bell Hood marched his army toward Nashville. The capital of Tennessee, Nashville, had
been under Union control since 1862. Capturing it, Hood hoped, could save the Confederacy.
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It was freezing cold when the battle started on December 15 . The Confederate troops were
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outnumbered. They fought in ragged uniforms, sometimes without shoes. Against the superior Union
army, they had no hope. On December 16 , Hood was defeated. The war was over.
The Union won the Civil War four months later. Although the Southern states returned to the Union,
the country remained divided. Fifty years later, most of the war's veterans were dead. Around the
country, towns and cities had begun building monuments in their memory. In the North, monuments
were built to honor the Union. In the South,monuments honored the Confederacy. Even though the
states were united again, no one built a monument to both sides.
In 1914, Mrs. James E. Caldwell and her group, the Ladies Battlefield Association, began raising
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money to build a monument for those who died in the Battle of Nashville. They hired Italian sculptor
Giuseppe Moretti to design a statue. They raised money by hosting balls and asking local businesses
for donations. By 1927, they had enough, and the monument was completed.
Moretti's statue showed a young man standing between two horses. Behind it, a tall white obelisk was
built, with an angel at the top. "No guns, no swords, no trappings of war mar the peace-like beauty,"
Mrs. Caldwell said. It was not a war monument, but a peace monument.
The structure was special because it honored all those who died in the war-no matter which side
they fought for. Built less than a decade after World War I, it was also dedicated to the American
soldiers of that conflict.
In 1974, a tornado knocked the 40-foot-tall obelisk to the ground, where it shattered to pieces, along
with the angel at its top. Moretti's sculpture was damaged, but it was repaired. The city did not have
the money, however, to build a new column. A few years later, an interstate was built beside the
monument, blocking it from view, and making it hard for anyone to get to it.
For two decades, the monument was alone-out of sight and nearly forgotten by the public. In 1992,
the Tennessee Historical Commission chose a new location for the monument, inside a small park
near the original battlefield. Again, fundraising was necessary-to move the statue and construct a
new obelisk.
The original statue cost $30,000 in 1927. To move and restore it would cost much more-some
estimate more than $500,000. But after seven years of work, the money was collected, and the statue
was rededicated-with a brand new obelisk to go with it. Finally, Mrs. Caldwell's monument was
whole again, and the message of peace could be seen once more.

A Monument for Peace - Comprehension Questions
Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. Which Civil War battle was fought from the 15th to the 16th of December 1864?
A. Battle of Gettysburg
B. Battle of Atlanta
C. Battle of Shiloh
D. Battle of Nashville
2. How does the author describe the Confederate troops led by General John Bell
Hood?
A. lacking in discipline
B. courageous and undefeated
C. poorly equipped and outnumbered
D. well-prepared to face the Union soldiers
3. The United States remained divided fifty years after the Civil War. What evidence
from the text supports this conclusion?
A. "Fifty years later, most of the war's veterans were dead."
B. "Around the country, towns and cities had begun building monuments in their
memory."
C. "In 1914, Mrs. James E. Caldwell and her group, the Ladies Battlefield Association,
began raising money to build a monument for those who died in the Battle of Nashville."
D. "In the North, monuments were built to honor the Union. In the South, monuments
honored the Confederacy... No one built a monument to both sides."
4. What made Caldwell's monument "not a war monument, but a peace monument"?
A. It was not built to honor a particular war or battle.
B. It did not depict any weapons or war paraphernalia.
C. It had an angel on top of the obelisk.
D. It had two horses.

A Monument for Peace - Comprehension Questions
5. What is this passage mostly about?

A. the high cost of lives of the Civil War
B. the ongoing struggle with inequality in the United States
C. the construction and restoration of a monument in Tennessee
D. how best to raise money for public works projects
6. Read the following sentences: "The Confederate troops were outnumbered. They
fought in ragged uniforms, sometimes without shoes. Against the superior Union army,
they had no hope."
As used in the passage, what does the word "superior" mean?
A. better
B. condescending
C. older
D. poorer
7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
________ two decades spent out of sight behind an interstate, in 1992 the monument
found a new home in a small park near the site of the original battle.
A. Thus
B. After
C. Includinig
D. Above all
8. What made Mrs. Caldwell's monument different from previous Civil War monuments?
9. Why is Mrs. Caldwell's monument able to memorialize the Civil War and World War
I?
10. How does the monument convey a "message of peace"?

A Monument for Peace - Comprehension Questions Answer Key
1. Which Civil War battle was fought from the 15th to the 16th of December 1864?
A. Battle of Gettysburg
B. Battle of Atlanta
C. Battle of Shiloh
D. Battle of Nashville
2. How does the author describe the Confederate troops led by General John Bell
Hood?
A. lacking in discipline
B. courageous and undefeated
C. poorly equipped and outnumbered
D. well-prepared to face the Union soldiers
3. The United States remained divided fifty years after the Civil War. What evidence
from the text supports this conclusion?
A. "Fifty years later, most of the war's veterans were dead."
B. "Around the country, towns and cities had begun building monuments in their
memory."
C. "In 1914, Mrs. James E. Caldwell and her group, the Ladies Battlefield Association,
began raising money to build a monument for those who died in the Battle of Nashville."
D. "In the North, monuments were built to honor the Union. In the South,
monuments honored the Confederacy... No one built a monument to both sides."
4. What made Caldwell's monument "not a war monument, but a peace monument"?
A. It was not built to honor a particular war or battle.
B. It did not depict any weapons or war paraphernalia.
C. It had an angel on top of the obelisk.
D. It had two horses.

5. What is this passage mostly about?

A. the high cost of lives of the Civil War
B. the ongoing struggle with inequality in the United States
C. the construction and restoration of a monument in Tennessee
D. how best to raise money for public works projects
6. Read the following sentences: "The Confederate troops were outnumbered. They
fought in ragged uniforms, sometimes without shoes. Against the superior Union army,
they had no hope."
As used in the passage, what does the word "superior" mean?
A. better
B. condescending
C. older
D. poorer
7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
________ two decades spent out of sight behind an interstate, in 1992 the monument
found a new home in a small park near the site of the original battle.
A. Thus
B. After
C. Includinig
D. Above all
8. What made Mrs. Caldwell's monument different from previous Civil War monuments?
Mrs. Caldwell's monument was different because it honored all of the

soldiers who died in the war and not just the soldiers who fought for a
certain side.

9. Why is Mrs. Caldwell's monument able to memorialize the Civil War and World War
I?
The monument was able to memorialize two wars because it does not have
any features that tie it to a particular war, as it does not depict any of the
"trappings of war."
10. How does the monument convey a "message of peace"?
The monument conveys a message of peace through its lack of guns,

swords, and other weaponry. It does not show soldiers fighting or dying,
but has the peaceful image of an angel. It also conveys a message of peace
through the intent of Mrs. Caldwell, who wanted to show peace by
dedicating the statues to both sides of the Civil War and not just one.

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5. What is this passage mostly about?

As used in the passage, what does the word "superior" mean?

7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

10. How does the monument convey a "message of peace"?

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5. What is this passage mostly about?

As used in the passage, what does the word "superior" mean?

7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Mrs. Caldwell's monument was different because it honored all of the

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10. How does the monument convey a "message of peace"?

The monument conveys a message of peace through its lack of guns,

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