[DiogenesLamp]

On this date in 1865

Occupation forces take steps to insure their political control over the region. Patriots are denied the voting franchise while their former servants are handed authority to insure the party of the occupation forces continues to maintain it's grip on the region. Efforts are made to secure spoils and valuables to enrich the armies of the aggressors, as well as their political masters and controllers.

Thus begins a time of great suffering and starvation from which nearly 2 million of the occupied people will not survive. Swarms of officials are sent to oversee the exploitation of this newly conquered area while propaganda agents busily paint the activity as altruistic and in the best interest of the people.

[Bull Snipe]

losing a war can be hell.

[ReformedBeckite]

Well it didn't take long for the lost cause folks to show up.

[higgmeister]

I knew this would get us started again. All I inherited was my GF’s broken and smashed pocket watch. My oldest brother got my GM’s 25 cal. pistol that she carried into the fields for protection. My great grandfather was sergeant, then brevet captain in the Alabama infantry. His family became sharecroppers picking cotton.