I've no problem with them in museums. But, I don't want to see a repeat of Charlottesville-type racists worshiping at their base.

Seems if they can't get a taker, they should let the stone be reused/repurposed for something else.

If it's bronze, it has scrap metal value. If it's marble, turn it into marble chips and use them in a public garden.

There's always a solution.

Rock chips, then. Always useful and decorative, too.

because I entered from the back where the parking is, I have never seen this statue. Kind of embarrassing.

Civil war museums are all over the south. Many of them are great.