Around 1899, the Ladies’ Confederate Monument Association began raising funds to erect a monument in St. Louis to soldiers who had fought against the United States.

After some $23,000 ($411,305 today[1]) was raised, mostly from the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the monument was installed in Forest Park, the city's largest park.

[2] In 2015, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay launched an effort to have the monument removed.

[3] He appointed a committee of business and civic interests, which later that year recommended its removal.

[6] As of 2022, it awaits a new home outside St. Louis City and County limits, per an agreement between the city and Missouri Civil War Museum in Jefferson Barracks.