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Old 09-10-2021, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Bilyclub View Post
But they were pardoned, just like FALN and SDS terrorists.
President Andrew Johnson took no chances. On Christmas Day 1868, he pardoned former Confederates from the crime of treason, thwarting vengeful Northerners, Lost Cause Southerners and headline writers all over the country.
IMO, that was the right thing to do. But, also just MO, it does not change the fact that they were traitors (okay, pardoned traitors), and don't deserve to be honored with statues.