Pete Youree Confederate Monument

Peter Youree was born in Lafayette County, Missouri, in 1843, served with Missouri Confederate forces and was wounded at Shiloh. After the war he settled in Shreveport and built a fortune: a mercantile and real estate business, the Shreveport Street Railway, the presidency of the waterworks company, the Commercial National Bank from 1891 and the Youree Hotel. He paid for this monument at Greenwood Cemetery to honor comrades buried there. It belongs to the Lost Cause tradition of honoring Confederate dead without naming what they fought for, which was slavery. He died in 1914.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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• Shreveport Water Works Museum — 1.8 mi
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• R. W. Norton Art Gallery — 3.0 mi
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