One of my proudest possessions is a picture of my great Grandfather in his confederate Uniform. I have the original in black and white and a colored version that some relative had made later. He looks fierce and mean and has yellow piping on the sleeves.
A true story is that my family lived in a southern state that I never learned the name of, they said that the name of the state and the real name of the family was secret, I imagine something went down after the war and the family was wanted for some reason or another. They(the family)moved to Arkansas after the war and changed their name to Coleman, I don't know the real name, but they had a farm near a small town called Atkins. The town is still there, the farm has long been sold, unfortunately.
This was all on my mothers side, my fathers family had a much milder history and not civil war photos.