In 1922, the

United Daughters of the Confederacy The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, a ...

donated a statue of

Alfred Mouton Jean-Jacques-Alfred-Alexandre "Alfred" Mouton (February 18, 1829 – April 8, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Although trained at West Point, he soon resigned his commission to become a civil engineer and then a ...

, a

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general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

in the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

, to the City of

Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette ( , ) is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located along the Vermilion River (Louisiana), Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's List of municipaliti ...

, United States. The donation was without condition, and the statue was erected on city property in front of the City Hall. The sculptor's identity is unknown. The Lafayette community organization Move the Mindset was founded in 2016 by

Fred Prejean Fredrick James Prejean Sr. (September 6, 1946 - January 27, 2022) was an American activist from Lafayette, Louisiana. Biography Early life and education Fred Prejean was born in 1946 in Lafayette, Louisiana to Oran and Edolia Prejean. He g ...

and others. A major goal of the organization was to gain local support for relocating the Alfred Mouton statue from the former City Hall site in downtown Lafayette to an educational site, museum, or Civil War battlefield. That goal was achieved on July 21, 2020 when the city/parish council and mayor/president Josh Guillory gave their unanimous support for moving the statue. The

initially opposed the move, but on July 16, 2021, they signed a settlement agreeing that the city would bear the cost for moving the statue to another location. It was removed the next day. The statue was moved to

Camp Moore Camp Moore, north of the Village of Tangipahoa near Kentwood, Louisiana, was a Confederate training base and principal base of operations in eastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. The base was named for Louisiana Governor Thomas Overt ...

, a former Confederate military camp and now historic site in

Kentwood, Louisiana Kentwood is a rural town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, near the Mississippi state line. The population was 2,198 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hammond MSA. Kentwood is best known as the hometown of singer Britney Spe ...

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