“The Union Army were truly liberators for delivering Dixie from the reb reign of terror.”
Say what??? That’s funny, because the citizens of New Orleans (who fell under Yankee domination relatively early in the war) despised the Yankees, especially Benjamin “The Beast” Butler. You should read up on the Yankee occupation of Southern territory. The Yankees were utterly despised.
Apparently the Yankees were despised only in certain locales among a certain element of the populace. Here's the reaction of the southern citizens to the Yankees' entrance into Red Clay, Georgia as recorded in the history of the 96th Illinois Infantry Regiment by Charles Partridge:
"The Union citizens were quite demonstrative, some of them even bringing out flags, which had doubtless been hidden for at least three years. Women swung their bonnets and men hurrahed for the Yankees and the Union, manifesting great delight. One man, who claimed to be ninety-eight years old and to have been a Captain in the war of 1812, was almost frantic in his ejaculations when the Old Flag came into sight."