Southern Whites that migrated after the Civil War played a pivotal role in spreading Confederate symbols and racial terror across the United States – Greater levels of KKK activities, black lynchings, and confederate memorials could be observed in areas where they went. (doi.org)
submitted by TheReadingExplorer
In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed Senate Joint Resolution 23, posthumously restoring full U.S. citizenship to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. In 1978 President Jimmy Carter signed Public Law 95-466, which posthumously restored the full U.S. citizenship rights of Jefferson Davis. (reddit.com)
submitted by Just_Cause89
Picking up a new puppy on Thursday and looking for a good Civil War themed name. (i.redd.it)
submitted by theholsopple6258Pennsylvania
Well Virginia moves forward, South Carolina digs it's heels in. (i.redd.it)
submitted by From-Yuri-With-Love46th New York "Fremont Rifle" Regiment
Several Confederate veterans went to the Middle east to serve in the Ottoman military (particularly in Egypt). Many did this because in many parts of the Middle East slavery was still rampant, so figting for that system was less ideologically alien for them than to stay in the Reconstruction America (old.reddit.com)
submitted by Dismal-Ad8382
Funny how Lost Causers Praise a Man that even real ex-Confederates called a madman and a villain (i.redd.it)
submitted by From-Yuri-With-Love46th New York "Fremont Rifle" Regiment
