This is a really good article by John Piper regarding the confederate memorials and souther culture. Piper is from the south:

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/charlottesville-confederate-memorials-and-southern-culture?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Email%208292017&utm_content=Daily%20Email%208292017+CID_3f13264b43026256de9cea31632a522b&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Read%20John%20Pipers%20careful%20and%20extended%20treatment%20on%20the%20removal%20of%20monuments