In their focus on defending and justifying the Confederacy to Yankees, Southerners are often largely unaware of Confederate home front misrule and oppressions. For future reference, here's a link to a preview of book you might want to check out sometime. It details a Confederate reign of terror in a Tennessee county far worse than most of what I've ever heard Sherman accused of. Persecution of old men, organized government extortion, gun confiscation, flag desecration, murder, eyeball gouging, religious persecution and election stealing are some of the Confederate crimes detailed. In some ways it was similar to Democrats today.
CONFEDERATE CRIMES