I feel that the statues need to be left up and historical perspective is ADDED to them explaining the cause of the Civil War (slavery WAS one), and that the war was the bloodiest American war in our history. It tore the country apart with racism and Jim Crow, and this "General" was a traitor to the Union.  Getting rid of the statue only hides what he and his men fought for, and as more time passes, people will forget the history of the Civil War and are doomed to repeat it.