[muawiyah]

One poster below pointed in the right direction ~ TEXAS, as well as every other state that'd decided to join the Confederacy found itself involved in RECONSTRUCTION which entailed "readmission" ~ and there were, of course, "conditions" ~ so whatever earlier deal they'd had with the Union, they were readmitted with a different deal.

Losing a war is always bad.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Rick Perry was the first Republican Lt. Gov. to be elected since Reconstruction.

[basil]

Well, I’m old—but not that old—LOL! I certainly went to school after the War Between the States—(quite a long while after!) and we were still being taught this.