A Slice of the Confederacy in the Interior of Brazil

The New York Times ^ | 08 May 2016 | Simon Romero

[Jane Austen]

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[SkyPilot]

I went to a Civil War museam, and they had on display an actual Confederate Battle flag used during the war.

Of course, a black woman there whispered "haters" and "raaaycis."

Even my wife was ticked off.

[Fireone]

I see them occasionally in rural Minnesota, in yards and on pickup trucks!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***than those who went to Mexico to fight for Maximilian.***

I’ve read that in the movie THE SEARCHERS, when Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) returns to his brother’s Texas home, he gives Debbie his metal which is a French medal awarded by Maximilian for service in Mexico.

[onedoug]

...a black woman there whispered "haters" and "raaaycis."

So long as she whispered she's within her rights. Though why one so disposed would be hanging out at such a place is a puzzle, unless just displaying her "gibsmedat" mindset.

If you're ever in Greenville, SC, check out this place by all means.

South Carolina Museum and Library of Confederate history

Just their firearms collection is amazing.

[Verginius Rufus]

I once saw a Confederate battle flag painted on the wall of a building in eastern Europe. I have no idea what the person who painted it had in mind when he put it there.

The Confederates who went to Brazil did not have it easy--it was at least as hard as homesteading in the American West and many endured years of poverty to begin with. If they thought they could recreate the planter life some of them had experienced before the war, they were badly mistaken. Slavery still existed in Brazil at that time but the immigrants did not have the money to buy slaves.

Some of the Confederate descendants there are of mixed race, but still maintain an interest in their ancestors' story.

[kaehurowing]

Of course, the whole John Wayne/Rock Hudson movie “The Undefeated” is about Confederate troops fleeing into Mexico and fighting with Maximilian.

[Fireone]

My family has traced back to soldiers fighting on both sides, during the Civil War, so my interest lies in seeing that the rich history of the South is not diminished, due to some PC hurt feelings. I’m totally fed up with revisionist history, and urge my grandchildren to read real books about the war.