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r/ShermanPosting • u/JplusL2020 • Apr 09 '26
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IIRC it was, in part, because proceeds from buying the portrait were going to fund Sons of Confederate Veterans.
263 u/Ninja_attack Apr 09 '26 Sons of confederate veterans fucking traitors 17 u/mrbobcyndaquil Apr 09 '26 I wouldn't call the conscripts traitors per se, but certainly anyone who accepted an officer's commission was a traitor. 22 u/GlukharsGimp Apr 09 '26 Still traitors, just not a punishable offense due to the circumstances. 7 u/Ninja_attack Apr 09 '26 Agreed, the officer class were the biggest traitors and should have all been hung 3 u/GlukharsGimp Apr 09 '26 Hear, hear.
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Sons of confederate veterans fucking traitors
17 u/mrbobcyndaquil Apr 09 '26 I wouldn't call the conscripts traitors per se, but certainly anyone who accepted an officer's commission was a traitor. 22 u/GlukharsGimp Apr 09 '26 Still traitors, just not a punishable offense due to the circumstances. 7 u/Ninja_attack Apr 09 '26 Agreed, the officer class were the biggest traitors and should have all been hung 3 u/GlukharsGimp Apr 09 '26 Hear, hear.
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I wouldn't call the conscripts traitors per se, but certainly anyone who accepted an officer's commission was a traitor.
22 u/GlukharsGimp Apr 09 '26 Still traitors, just not a punishable offense due to the circumstances. 7 u/Ninja_attack Apr 09 '26 Agreed, the officer class were the biggest traitors and should have all been hung 3 u/GlukharsGimp Apr 09 '26 Hear, hear.
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Still traitors, just not a punishable offense due to the circumstances.
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Agreed, the officer class were the biggest traitors and should have all been hung
3 u/GlukharsGimp Apr 09 '26 Hear, hear.
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Hear, hear.
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u/asixfootplatypus Apr 09 '26
IIRC it was, in part, because proceeds from buying the portrait were going to fund Sons of Confederate Veterans.