Publisher's Synopsis
Blank Composition Book or Journal: With United States Civil War Memorial Statue "Silent Sam" removed from the University of North Carolina campus on the Cover. College Ruled Paper, 140 Blank Lined Sheets, 9-3/4" x 7-1/2." To record dreams, writing and poetry ideas, notes and thoughts. Ruled pages for lists, inventory, logs. Great for school or class work. Cover Information: "Silent Sam" is a statue of a Confederate soldier by sculptor John A. Wilson, erected in 1913 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. On August 20, 2018, it was pulled down from its pedestal by protesters. The statue was funded by the University Alumni and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was erected in 1913 as a memorial to the Confederate alumni who lost their lives in the American Civil War and all students who joined the Confederate States Army. More than one thousand members of the university fought in the American Civil War in either the Northern or Southern armies, comprising at least 40% of the student body. The University remained open through the entire war. This was due to President Swain's policy of dependency on men unfit for combat. A bronze image on the front of the memorial depicts a young student dropping his books as he looks up to answer a call to duty. On the base of the statue, a woman representing the state of North Carolina is depicted calling students to fight for the Southern cause even if it means leaving their studies. The statue was erected to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. The United Daughters of the Confederacy spent four years fundraising and hired Canadian sculptor John Wilson to create the statue. Similar to the sculpture Wilson created of an unarmed Union soldier Daniel A. Bean, Wilson created a "silent" statue by not including a cartridge box on the Confederate soldier's belt so he cannot fire his gun. Wilson created a series of similar statues called the "Silent Sentinels." All were created in the North and then displayed in the South. Like these other statues, Silent Sam is positioned to face north towards the Union.