I'm pretty sure that the direct descendants of the Virginians who pretty much started this country didn't die at The Angle because they were confused about what the American Republic was...
all those brave/honorable "Billy Yanks", who wore the blue, fought/bled/died for the OPPRESSORS.
like all to many modern Americans, they were DECEIVED by their "betters" who lied then/NOW.
free dixie,sw
"...The air of "Hail Columbia," which the band in attendance struck up, was instantly changed by [commanding US General] Canby's order to that of "Dixie"; but I insisted on the first, and expressed a hope that Columbia would again be a happy land, a sentiment honored by many libations.
"There was, as ever, a skeleton at the feast, in the person of a general officer who had recently left Germany to become a citizen and soldier of the United States. This person, with the strong accent and idioms of the Fatherland, comforted me by assurances that we of the South would speedily recognize our ignorance and errors, especially about slavery and the rights of States, and rejoice in the results of the war. In vain Canby and [US Commodore] Palmer tried to suppress him.... I apologized meekly for my ignorance, on the grounds that my ancestors had come from England to Virginia in 1608, and, in the short intervening period of two hundred fifty-odd years, had found no time to convey to me correct ideas of the duties of American citizenship. Moreover, my grandfather, commanding the 9th Virginia regiment in our Revolutionary army, had assisted in the defeat and capture of the Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, and I lamented that he had not, by association with these worthies, enlightened his understanding. My friend smiled blandly, and assured me of his willingness to instruct me...."