[Grand Old Partisan]

Many Confederate rebels were indeed members of the U.S. military before the war, but they stopped being brothers-in-arms to U. S. soldiers when they started killing them.

[stainlessbanner]

they stopped being brothers-in-arms to U. S. soldiers when they started killing them.

Incorrect. Rather than post all the examples throughout the war, I kindly recommend that you read some first hand accounts of the war.