[circlecity]

F"ifty years ago — 10 years ago and, to some extent, even today — many Southerners regarded Catholics as unsaved and Catholicism as a non-Christian mystery religion."

Really? Famouse Southern civil war General P.G.T Beauregard was a Catholic and nobody seemed to have a problem with it.

[nascarnation]

Catholicism in Louisiana goes back a long way.

[RegulatorCountry]

Oh now, can’t go spoiling the myth of the ignorant Catholic hating southerner, it’s very useful in certain circles. Why, next thing you know, somebody might figure out that much of Louisiana is Catholic and always has been.

[marshmallow]

Really? Famouse Southern civil war General P.G.T Beauregard was a Catholic, and nobody seemed to have a problem with it.

Was being "saved" a prerequisite for fighting in the Confederate forces?

I think we can both agree that your statement in no way speaks to the issue of whether Catholics are "saved" in the eyes of Southern Protestants.