They have no standards to stand upon themselves so others can't have them either.
Military honors should go to all who served and died. They gave their lives/limbs no matter which side they fought on.
My family (Dad's side) fought in the Revolutionary war, not so much the CW...from family history passed down.
“My family (Dad’s side) fought in the Revolutionary war, not so much the CW...from family history passed down. “
I have the same in my dad’s line... something like a dozen fought in the Revolution, but just my grandmother’s oldest uncle in the CW.
And in keeping with the actual topic of this thread, he was a private in the 13th Mississippi, McLaw’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps at Gettysburg, where he was killed during Barksdale’s charge through the Peach Orchard, 2nd Day.