BJK:
"Brown did not publicly oppose the Confederacy, or the war -- " Sorry, Brown did finally oppose the war:
From your link, in late 1864: "As Sherman's troops marched virtually unopposed from Atlanta to the sea, breaking the back of Georgia's war effort, Governor Brown called for peace."
Yes, after the war was obviously lost, and the Confederacy itself had no power to discipline Brown.
Can we get back to the topic of this thread rather than fighting the Civil War all over again here?
Starting an appropriate thread on North vs. South would be fine.
Leni