Talk:Southern Unionist
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"Scalawag" is the more general term and is used for the post 1965 period. Most wartime unionists (but not all) became Scalawags, as did many wartime Confederates. The article (in sections I deleted) stated that people like General Longstreet--Lee's #2 general--was a "unionist" who supported the Union not the Confederacy!!! What nonsense. Longsreet was a leading Scalawag and leading Confederate both. The term "scalawag" is standard in scholarly and popular books and reference books, and "Southern unionist" is confined to wartime.Rjensen (talk) 09:39, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
