For the Loyal Women of the Old South

I have passed this monument at 55th and Ward Parkway many times. Finally I stopped to see what it said. It is dedicated "in loving memory of the loyal women of the Old South." I have since learned that the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected this monument in 1934 at Mill Creek and 47th Street, which is where the JC Nichols Fountain now stands. Seems the monument had to be moved in 1958 to make way for the fountain. History says there was a mass grave at this location following the battle of Westport during the Civil War. Maybe this seemed an appropriate place to move it to for that reason.