A very good question, but I have my doubts whether you'll get an answer.
Do any defenders of the Dixie defenders of liberty wish to address this?
I believe that a traitor is a traitor, and should be treated acordingly. In the North, Valdingham was a traitor to his home, etc. and could have been punished accordingly.
By the same standard, Unionist in the South, should have been and in many cases were as well.