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Almost a year after officials started discussing the fate of a Confederate monument in a Madison cemetery, the 112-year-old marker dedicated to Confederate soldiers has been removed.

The large, stone monument stood in a section of Forest Hill Cemetery, known as Confederate Rest, where about 140 Confederate soldiers are buried. Now it sits in crates. The marker, which lists the names of the dead prisoners-of-war, was taken out of the cemetery at 1 Speedway Road on Friday, said Madison Parks Superintendent Eric Knepp.

He said the monument has been donated to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, which was one of two organizations — the other being the Wisconsin Historical Society — the city intended to offer the monument to as part of authorizing its removal.

No damage was done to either the monument or the cemetery grounds when a forklift was brought in Friday morning to aid in the removal, Knepp said.

Michael Telzrow, director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, said the marker is in crates at the State Archive Preservation Facility on Madison’s Near East Side.

“There are no current plans for its exhibition either now or in the near future,” he said. “It’s highly unlikely that it would ever be permanently displayed.”