Patriotic? Patriotic toward what? It would be fair to conclude that the friends of the deceased understood their fallen friend's love of the confederacy by how they dressed to honor him. The confederate flag represents the confederacy and rebellion against the United Stated. It is not a patriotic American symbol. It is a confederate symbol. The symbol of American patriotism is the U.S. flag.
Correct. To add to it, the CSA doesn’t even exist any more. It’s been gone. Long gone. You can’t support or inherit something that’s not existent.