[Mush MouthPhil]

I had many kinsmen in the Confederate Army of Tennessee and one in the Army of Northern Virginia. Sir, they were not traitors, but patriots. That said, I had at least one ancestor who served the Union as a cavalryman. He was an East Tennesse Unionist. I am NOT ashamed of him, NOR my Confederate kin. They all had the courage of their convictions, a rare quality these days. I honor them all.

[stand watie]

we descendants of the "poor, hungry, barefooted but VALIANT & HONORABLE lads in gray rags" also honor ALL the participants in the WBTS, provided that they weren't WAR CRIMINALS like sherman or butler.

free dixie,sw

[Colonel Kangaroo]

My traitor comment wasn't directed to the soldiers. It was directed to the Confederate government whose greatest wish would have a foreign army intervene and attack fellow Americans.