When the neo-confederates wax euphoric and get teary-eyed over the ostrich plumes in Jeb Stuart's hat, they forget that the rebel government found empoyment for SEVENTY THOUSAND workers. It was -very- centralized; it was also very ineffective. The rebel givernment also had 4,000 people locked up who only be called political prisoners; that doesn't speak to the dozens of loyal Unionists who were hung. The Richmond government even had internal passports, like the USSR.
But they have the nerve to criticize President Lincoln.
The Neo-confederate movement is really a joke. Any movement of its nature that strays so badly from the historical record should be called on its wanton rationalizations and bogus history, no matter how innocuous its subject.
Walt