弗吉尼亚州里士满市最后一座屹立的邦联雕像的拆除工作已于周一完成，但关于它将被重新安置在哪里的争论仍在继续。
里士满的副首席行政官罗伯特·施泰德尔说，邦联将军A.P .希尔的雕像在星期一早上被移走了。
Steidel说，它将被转移到仓库，直到行政程序完成，按计划捐赠给弗吉尼亚州的黑人历史博物馆和文化中心。
两年前，在乔治·弗洛伊德被谋杀后的抗议声中，里士满市开始拆除所有的邦联纪念碑，该市在内战的大部分时间里是邦联的首都。
从那以后，全市十几个这样的纪念碑已经被拆除。但是作为美国广播公司WRIC分公司报道移除希尔的雕像是复杂的，因为这个地方还包括希尔的遗体和四个在法庭上有发言权的间接后裔。
相应的去WRIC他们认为，因为这位在内战即将结束时被联邦军队杀害的将军的遗体是在1891年被埋在纪念碑下的，所以这座雕像应该被视为墓地和坟墓。
虽然希尔的亲属和市政府达成协议，将他的遗体转移到库尔佩珀的美景镇公墓，但家人认为他们也应该决定将雕像迁移到哪里。
据《WRIC》报道，10月，里士满巡回法院的一名法官做出不利于后代的裁决，让该市控制雕像的最终去向。
据WRIC说，希尔的远房亲戚已经提出上诉。
虽然该市打算将纪念碑送到弗吉尼亚州的黑人历史博物馆和文化中心，但希尔的亲属希望将纪念碑搬到希尔遗体将被安放的墓地旁边的雪松山战场。
Richmond's last Confederate statue removed; dispute over relocation continues
The removal of Richmond, Virginia's last standing city-owned Confederate statue was completed Monday but the fight over where it will be relocated continues.
Richmond's deputy chief administrative officer, Robert Steidel, said the statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill was removed Monday morning.
It will be moved into storage until the administrative process is finished for it to be donated, as planned, to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Steidel said.
Two years ago, amid protests after the murder of George Floyd, the city of Richmond, which was the Confederate capital for most of the Civil War, began removing all of its Confederate monuments.
Since then, more than a dozen such memorials across the city have been taken down. But asABC affiliate WRIC reported, the removal of Hill's statue was complicated because the site also includes Hill's remains and four indirect descendants filed in court to have a say in the process.
Accordingto WRIC, they contended that because the remains of the general, who was killed by Union troops near the end of the Civil War, were buried under the monument in 1891, the statue should be considered a cemetery and grave.
While Hill's relatives and the city came to an agreement to move his remains to Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper, the family has argued they should also decide where to relocate the statue.
In October, a Richmond Circuit Court Judge ruled against the descendants, WRIC reported, giving the city control over where the statue will end up.
Hill's distant family has appealed, according to WRIC.
While the city intends to send the memorial to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Hill's relatives want to have the memorial moved to the Cedar Mountain battlefield by the cemetery where Hill's remains will be taken.
