Something that might help the former CSA is a different 'Lost Cause' movement apart from any Neo-Freedom groups. One that put all the blame on Jake Feathrston, and not the soldiers. (Much like the OTL fate of Jefferson Davis.) Southroners will blame Confederate politicians rather than the military leaders like Patton, Bedford Forrest III, Whitlow Ling, and Hank Coomer. Featherston, Pinkard, and Koenig (among others) will be scapegoated for the Confederate defeat.
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Something that might help the former CSA is a different 'Lost Cause' movement apart from any Neo-Freedom groups. One that put all the blame on Jake Feathrston, and not the soldiers. (Much like the OTL fate of Jefferson Davis.) Southroners will blame Confederate politicians rather than the military leaders like Patton, Bedford Forrest III, Whitlow Ling, and Hank Coomer. Featherston, Pinkard, and Koenig (among others) will be scapegoated for the Confederate defeat.
The ending to the movie American Front based on Reginald Bartlett's unpublished novel of the same name.
U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT MESSAGE:
SEPTEMBER 9, 1917.
"SILENCE ON THE AMERICAN FRONT"
The book was hailed as one of the greatest works of literature ever made about the First Great War, which was noted for its description of the life of soldiers from both sides of the war. Despite being a popular film that was made many decades after the end of the war, it was discovered that the ending was changed from a Confederate soldier being killed by a sniper to an American soldier being killed because the director and producers were concerned that no one would have been sympathetic about a killed Confederate.
EDIT: The novel was unpublished for a short while due to Bartlett's murder/execution by the Confederatefreedom Confederacy. It was only published in book form posthumously after the movie was made. Some writer found Bartlett's manuscript and decided to make a movie out of it first, even if some parts were omitted or drastically changed. As usual, arguments about whether the book or movie was better occurred...
U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT MESSAGE:
SEPTEMBER 9, 1917.
"SILENCE ON THE AMERICAN FRONT"
The book was hailed as one of the greatest works of literature ever made about the First Great War, which was noted for its description of the life of soldiers from both sides of the war. Despite being a popular film that was made many decades after the end of the war, it was discovered that the ending was changed from a Confederate soldier being killed by a sniper to an American soldier being killed because the director and producers were concerned that no one would have been sympathetic about a killed Confederate.
EDIT: The novel was unpublished for a short while due to Bartlett's murder/execution by the Confederatefreedom Confederacy. It was only published in book form posthumously after the movie was made. Some writer found Bartlett's manuscript and decided to make a movie out of it first, even if some parts were omitted or drastically changed. As usual, arguments about whether the book or movie was better occurred...
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The USS Monitor at sea. The Monitor, the first Union ironclad, is most famous for her central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads against the Confederate CSS Virginia. The four-hour battle officially ended in a draw and a turning point in naval warfare. While the CSS Virginia was destroyed by her own crew to stop her from being captured, the Monitor would stay in office service, with action seen in the Second Mexican American War, becoming a symbol of Union naval engineering and might before becoming a museum.
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Yeah! I like this! The TL-191 version of "All Quiet on the Western Front"! I'm digging it! I can definitely see a version of this being made into a movie too, great bit here!
I'd argue you can be more specific about the kind of front this takes place in, but that's really up to you. Like, "Silence on the Roanoke Front" or "Silence on the Sequoyah Front". I like the idea in general and the title in specific either way!
A photo taken of Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Garcia and Confederate President Jake Featherston during one of Samoza's visits to the Confederacy, ca. 1939.
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Add in Featherston promising Somoza the untold riches of a Nicaragua Canal once the damnyankees are beaten and this would be perfect. (And Nicaragua joins the Dominican Republic on being on the Union's 'shit list')
Here are some hypothetical airships that saw action in North America during the First Great War:
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American Airship travelling from New York City to the Confederate front.
Inside the gondola of an American Airship with American soldiers looking out for Confederate Aircraft.
Crater from an airship attack in Richmond, ca. 1916
Bombing of Louisville ca. late 1914-early 1915
American Airship travelling from New York City to the Confederate front.
Inside the gondola of an American Airship with American soldiers looking out for Confederate Aircraft.
Crater from an airship attack in Richmond, ca. 1916
Bombing of Louisville ca. late 1914-early 1915
Jake Featherston At the Movies: The Premiere of "Wooden Crosses", circa 1937
In 1937 President Jake Featherston sat as the guest of honor in Richmond's newest and grandest segregated movie theater for the premiere of the French war film "Wooden Crosses" - or "Les Croix de Bois" in French. The theater of choice was the highly acclaimed Canidrome. Opened in 1936 in time for the Richmond Olympic Games the theater itself was an example of the architectural vision of the Freedom Party, emphasizing art-deco like designs and large imposing spaces to elicit feelings of grandeur and wonder. Murals depicting the hard working common man and benevolent Freedom Party members all laboring side by side could be seen on walls and ceilings everywhere, as well as paintings that gave testament to the Freedom Party's apparent support of artistic pursuits. State of the art snack stands and services for alcoholic drinks were also advertised and the theater managers made it a point that the President's favorite cigars and whiskey would be made available to him and to the accompanying Freedom Party brass for the premiere.
^^^ --- Clip from the 1937 French war film "Les Croix de Bois", which depicts a regiment of French soldiers going over the top under a hail of heavy artillery fire as they try to take a ruined village.
^^^ --- Scenes and stills from the movie "Les Croix de Bois". It was met with surprisingly good reviews from Richmond audiences in 1937 despite it being a foreign film, owing to the fact that much of the audience were Great War veterans that identified with the struggles, anxieties, and fears depicted in the film by the actors.
With jarring documentary-like camera work and haunting panning shots, the film garnered much praise and controversy for its visceral depiction of the Great War in Europe and for its Pro-Royalist, Pro-Revaunchist, Anti-Republican, and Anti-German themes. Jake Featherston himself praised the film in particular for its realistic depiction of the ferocity of artillery and for its portrayal of the common French soldier fighting both the enemy and incompetent Republican-Era officers.
"Commanding a battery up in North Virginia, I learned how to dish out the punishment on the damn-yankees. Even take it. We could cover an area, lay it flat, and kill anything in that grid square. Our guns and our grit didn't let us down, just like it didn't let down the Frenchies - it was the damn fancy officers who thought they knew better, the damn red-coloreds, and the damn fat cats behind the lines that didn't give a damn about the sons of bitches bleeding for them."
@Allochronian - Thanks for the inspiration behind this one!
In 1937 President Jake Featherston sat as the guest of honor in Richmond's newest and grandest segregated movie theater for the premiere of the French war film "Wooden Crosses" - or "Les Croix de Bois" in French. The theater of choice was the highly acclaimed Canidrome. Opened in 1936 in time for the Richmond Olympic Games the theater itself was an example of the architectural vision of the Freedom Party, emphasizing art-deco like designs and large imposing spaces to elicit feelings of grandeur and wonder. Murals depicting the hard working common man and benevolent Freedom Party members all laboring side by side could be seen on walls and ceilings everywhere, as well as paintings that gave testament to the Freedom Party's apparent support of artistic pursuits. State of the art snack stands and services for alcoholic drinks were also advertised and the theater managers made it a point that the President's favorite cigars and whiskey would be made available to him and to the accompanying Freedom Party brass for the premiere.
^^^ --- Clip from the 1937 French war film "Les Croix de Bois", which depicts a regiment of French soldiers going over the top under a hail of heavy artillery fire as they try to take a ruined village.
^^^ --- Scenes and stills from the movie "Les Croix de Bois". It was met with surprisingly good reviews from Richmond audiences in 1937 despite it being a foreign film, owing to the fact that much of the audience were Great War veterans that identified with the struggles, anxieties, and fears depicted in the film by the actors.
With jarring documentary-like camera work and haunting panning shots, the film garnered much praise and controversy for its visceral depiction of the Great War in Europe and for its Pro-Royalist, Pro-Revaunchist, Anti-Republican, and Anti-German themes. Jake Featherston himself praised the film in particular for its realistic depiction of the ferocity of artillery and for its portrayal of the common French soldier fighting both the enemy and incompetent Republican-Era officers.
"Commanding a battery up in North Virginia, I learned how to dish out the punishment on the damn-yankees. Even take it. We could cover an area, lay it flat, and kill anything in that grid square. Our guns and our grit didn't let us down, just like it didn't let down the Frenchies - it was the damn fancy officers who thought they knew better, the damn red-coloreds, and the damn fat cats behind the lines that didn't give a damn about the sons of bitches bleeding for them."
@Allochronian - Thanks for the inspiration behind this one!
Vexillology of Rebellion: Flags of the Black Socialists of the Confederacy, 1915-1944
The white population of the Confederacy came to loathe and fear its black population. From the Red Rebellions of 1915-1916 to the violent guerrilla movements that took hold in the deep south to resist the Freedom Party's population reduction program from the late 1930s to the end of the Second Great War, the few blacks that managed to escape such persecution lived on to form groups that resisted Featherston's Administration. Although many groups were small and often nothing more than disorganized bands of bush-whackers, quite a few groups became well-disciplined, well-organized, and highly motivated resistance movements that proved a thorn in the side of the Confederacy for years to come.
Red Rebellion Flags: 1915-1918
Congaree Socialist Republic: 1915-1918
^^^ --- One of the most infamous and well known black socialist republics founded during he Red Rebellion of 1915 that managed to survive into the early post-war years before finally being suppressed in 1918. Located in area of St. Matthews, South Carolina, this group would be notorious for taking over the town and forcing the Colleton Family to flee in the early weeks of the Red Rebellion. The flag itself depicts a black coiled snake on a red background, with a black crescent in the far upper left corner. The phrase "Fight or Die" is displayed prominently. The flag itself is a highly edited version of the South Carolina State Flag, which itself was an edited version of the "Moultrie Liberty Flag" during the American Revolution.
Despite much debate between the educated members of the Congaree Socialist Republic over the flag's symbology, which some felt borrowed too much from South Carolina's "white past" in terms of depicting the crescent, the decision was made to replace the palm tree on the flag with a coiled snake. This harkened back to the Gadsden Flag of the American Revolution, with the iconic slogan replaced with "Fight or Die". The colors were then simplified to red and black to represent the black people of the Confederacy rising up, spurred on through the ideals of socialism. While the leading members accepted the new flag, it was never unanimously liked, with members again pointing out that it borrowed to much from the symbolism of white Confederates and white Americans. To the majority of the fighters taking up arms with the Congaree, however, the flag was instantly recognizable and the black coiled snake its most defiant and enduring symbol, with many men and women identifying the snake as the will of the black population to strike back at their oppressors - or at least that's what the leaders of the Congaree spanned it as.
Despite the suppression of the Congaree Socialist Republic its flag would endure well into the later half of the century, with many iterations of the flag being adopted by multiple guerrilla bands and underground socialist movements in and around the Carolinas that went on to resist the Featherston Administration.
Black Belt Socialist Republic: 1915
^^^ --- Another infamous, well-known, yet tragically short lived black socialist republic of the Red Rebellion of 1915. Located in Albany, Georgia, the BBSR swept into the area in a sudden, violent wave. As riots quickly turned into armed shootouts and protracted firefights on the streets, the black population led by the leaders of the BBSR overwhelmed the local authorities and hoisted this flag at the top of the city hall. Attempting to break from their state's past, the leaders decided on a simple flag design that did away with anything that may have had to do with Georgia. Unlike most socialist flags of the Red Rebellion that had red as their primary color, the BBSR adopted a yellow flag that depicted a black hand reaching skyward toward a red star. The year of the Republic's found is displayed below the hand.
Yellow, in this case, was the color of hope and justice for the many members of the BBSR. The black hand represented the black people of Georgia in particular and the black people of the Confederacy as whole. The hand reaching up to a red star was meant to represent socialism giving hope to the black people and pulling them out of their state oppression. The red star was actually one of the first known cases of the symbol being displayed prominently on a socialist flag for the cause of rebellion and revolution. Many blacks who flocked to the BBSR in Georgia recognized the flag easily and almost all the leaders of the Republic agreed to use the flag as their primary banner. Like the coiled snake on Congaree's flag, the hand on the BBSR's flag would remain a persistent and enduring symbol of black socialist defiance in the Confederacy, being used and adopted by other black socialist groups in different iterations over the years. The Black Belt Socialist Republic did not outlast the year. Just as violently as it was established it was just as violently suppressed, with many of its top members being killed or executed.
Black Socialist Guerrilla Flags: 1936-1944
While it is difficult to gauge the exact numbers of how many groups existed at any given time over the years, it is known that a variety of groups adopted flags to show their defiance against the Featherston Administration. While some groups notably did not adopt socialist principles, some of the most feared and well-organzied guerrillas in the Deep South were dedicated marxists and socialists.
There are the few of the flags from some of the most well known groups ---
^^^ --- The Black Socialist Front, or BSF, based out of Georgia and scattered in multiple small cells across the state, carrying out hit and run operations. Some of these fighters would go on to assist US soldiers as scouts.
^^^ --- The Marion Socialist Republic, claiming to be the spiritual successor of the Congaree Socialist Republic, based out of the Francis Marion Forest in South Carolina. This group was notoriously difficult to root out due to the punishing terrain of the local area.
^^^ The October Movement, commonly referred to as "M10". This highly organized group of black and mixed-race Cubans was notoriously brutal to both Confederate soldiers and civilians alike and was known to use torture as a means to extract information. This group cooperated closely with US special intelligence agents, covertly receiving arms and explosives from the United States to undermine Confederate authorities in Cuba.
^^^ --- The Black Tigers, based out of various locations in Texas. This group was formed from black men and women who managed to escape the concentrations camps in the state, raiding supply trucks and liberating blacks bound for the camps. This group received limited support from the US Government and often operated across state borders from the newly established state of Houston.
^^^ --- Most smaller, marxist-align groups of course merely adopted a simple red flag due to limited resources for producing more complicated or intricate designs. It was a simple yet practical move for these groups and more importantly visually showed their open defiance of the Featherston Administration through adopting a universally accepted marxist-socialist banner.
The white population of the Confederacy came to loathe and fear its black population. From the Red Rebellions of 1915-1916 to the violent guerrilla movements that took hold in the deep south to resist the Freedom Party's population reduction program from the late 1930s to the end of the Second Great War, the few blacks that managed to escape such persecution lived on to form groups that resisted Featherston's Administration. Although many groups were small and often nothing more than disorganized bands of bush-whackers, quite a few groups became well-disciplined, well-organized, and highly motivated resistance movements that proved a thorn in the side of the Confederacy for years to come.
Red Rebellion Flags: 1915-1918
Congaree Socialist Republic: 1915-1918
^^^ --- One of the most infamous and well known black socialist republics founded during he Red Rebellion of 1915 that managed to survive into the early post-war years before finally being suppressed in 1918. Located in area of St. Matthews, South Carolina, this group would be notorious for taking over the town and forcing the Colleton Family to flee in the early weeks of the Red Rebellion. The flag itself depicts a black coiled snake on a red background, with a black crescent in the far upper left corner. The phrase "Fight or Die" is displayed prominently. The flag itself is a highly edited version of the South Carolina State Flag, which itself was an edited version of the "Moultrie Liberty Flag" during the American Revolution.
Despite much debate between the educated members of the Congaree Socialist Republic over the flag's symbology, which some felt borrowed too much from South Carolina's "white past" in terms of depicting the crescent, the decision was made to replace the palm tree on the flag with a coiled snake. This harkened back to the Gadsden Flag of the American Revolution, with the iconic slogan replaced with "Fight or Die". The colors were then simplified to red and black to represent the black people of the Confederacy rising up, spurred on through the ideals of socialism. While the leading members accepted the new flag, it was never unanimously liked, with members again pointing out that it borrowed to much from the symbolism of white Confederates and white Americans. To the majority of the fighters taking up arms with the Congaree, however, the flag was instantly recognizable and the black coiled snake its most defiant and enduring symbol, with many men and women identifying the snake as the will of the black population to strike back at their oppressors - or at least that's what the leaders of the Congaree spanned it as.
Despite the suppression of the Congaree Socialist Republic its flag would endure well into the later half of the century, with many iterations of the flag being adopted by multiple guerrilla bands and underground socialist movements in and around the Carolinas that went on to resist the Featherston Administration.
Black Belt Socialist Republic: 1915
^^^ --- Another infamous, well-known, yet tragically short lived black socialist republic of the Red Rebellion of 1915. Located in Albany, Georgia, the BBSR swept into the area in a sudden, violent wave. As riots quickly turned into armed shootouts and protracted firefights on the streets, the black population led by the leaders of the BBSR overwhelmed the local authorities and hoisted this flag at the top of the city hall. Attempting to break from their state's past, the leaders decided on a simple flag design that did away with anything that may have had to do with Georgia. Unlike most socialist flags of the Red Rebellion that had red as their primary color, the BBSR adopted a yellow flag that depicted a black hand reaching skyward toward a red star. The year of the Republic's found is displayed below the hand.
Yellow, in this case, was the color of hope and justice for the many members of the BBSR. The black hand represented the black people of Georgia in particular and the black people of the Confederacy as whole. The hand reaching up to a red star was meant to represent socialism giving hope to the black people and pulling them out of their state oppression. The red star was actually one of the first known cases of the symbol being displayed prominently on a socialist flag for the cause of rebellion and revolution. Many blacks who flocked to the BBSR in Georgia recognized the flag easily and almost all the leaders of the Republic agreed to use the flag as their primary banner. Like the coiled snake on Congaree's flag, the hand on the BBSR's flag would remain a persistent and enduring symbol of black socialist defiance in the Confederacy, being used and adopted by other black socialist groups in different iterations over the years. The Black Belt Socialist Republic did not outlast the year. Just as violently as it was established it was just as violently suppressed, with many of its top members being killed or executed.
Black Socialist Guerrilla Flags: 1936-1944
While it is difficult to gauge the exact numbers of how many groups existed at any given time over the years, it is known that a variety of groups adopted flags to show their defiance against the Featherston Administration. While some groups notably did not adopt socialist principles, some of the most feared and well-organzied guerrillas in the Deep South were dedicated marxists and socialists.
There are the few of the flags from some of the most well known groups ---
^^^ --- The Black Socialist Front, or BSF, based out of Georgia and scattered in multiple small cells across the state, carrying out hit and run operations. Some of these fighters would go on to assist US soldiers as scouts.
^^^ --- The Marion Socialist Republic, claiming to be the spiritual successor of the Congaree Socialist Republic, based out of the Francis Marion Forest in South Carolina. This group was notoriously difficult to root out due to the punishing terrain of the local area.
^^^ The October Movement, commonly referred to as "M10". This highly organized group of black and mixed-race Cubans was notoriously brutal to both Confederate soldiers and civilians alike and was known to use torture as a means to extract information. This group cooperated closely with US special intelligence agents, covertly receiving arms and explosives from the United States to undermine Confederate authorities in Cuba.
^^^ --- The Black Tigers, based out of various locations in Texas. This group was formed from black men and women who managed to escape the concentrations camps in the state, raiding supply trucks and liberating blacks bound for the camps. This group received limited support from the US Government and often operated across state borders from the newly established state of Houston.
^^^ --- Most smaller, marxist-align groups of course merely adopted a simple red flag due to limited resources for producing more complicated or intricate designs. It was a simple yet practical move for these groups and more importantly visually showed their open defiance of the Featherston Administration through adopting a universally accepted marxist-socialist banner.
Wealthy Cuban businessmen standing side by side with Confederate officers, date unknown. (Late 20s-ealry 30s.) Cuba was many things to the Confederacy, a breadbasket to feed the South, a major naval base in the Caribbean to project Confederate power, and the getaway for rich families and southern gangsters. This would create a unique cultural identity that would react 'poorly' to Featherston and would last to the Post-War years.
A picture of three Jamaican soldiers during the Second Great War.
Jamaican troops heading toward Kingston.
U.S. Navy Sailors pose for a picture with young Jamaican children near the end of GWII.
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/world-wars-africa-caribbean
http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/cou/island/car/w2c-jam.html
https://www.dw.com/en/africa-in-world-war-ii-the-forgotten-veterans/a-18437531
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The future I will see in North America if the US still maintains its occupation like they did with Canada, they will end up like the USSR post 1991. The only way the US can win the peace in North America is to really let go of the territories of the former Confederacy but letting them know they are the boss in the region and thoroughly de-Freedomized. Any other approach is not going to make their time pleasant.
America should do is let go of Canada and focus on the former CSA and Utah. They never knew what to do with Canada beyond just filling it with Americans and Pro-American Canadians. A withdraw from Canada would be a lifesaver for the Union. (Much like Khrushchev almost didn't send in the tanks, and let Hungary be free.) But they won't. Why? Because between the disaster with Utah revolting, the Richmond Accords, they won't risk letting 'taken advantage' of again.
A picture of three Jamaican soldiers during the Second Great War.
Jamaican troops heading toward Kingston.
U.S. Navy Sailors pose for a picture with young Jamaican children near the end of GWII.
Very nice! I like these pictures! Gives a sense on what the Jamaican Army might look like. I think perhaps we need to open a new thread dedicated to the uniforms, equipment, and vehicles of the minor nations allied to the US and CS, focusing on the North American, Central American, and Caribbean armies. Seeing the armies of Quebec, Mexico, Jamaica, and Haiti might be cool.
Cuba was the only place blacks where allow surnames and it mention and we have mention a great deal of racial intermixing. (And that the insurrection where made up of both whites and blacks.)
Famed author, Opera Critic and Soldier Adolf Hitler pictured on vacation in the Bavarian alps with his loyal German Shepherd Blondi
Well, also letting go of Canada too - the US will take over Alberta and British Columbia, though. But it's going to be harder for the US to form a government friendly to them or even letting them go in general given how some people saw Canada as "rightful Union lands".
A TL-191 version of the opening mission to Vendetta from Call of Duty: WaW
"The rotten cancer of Featherston's Confederacy ravages North America like a plague.
His relentless drive to the east steals the lives of men, women, and children alike.
The arrogance of Featherston is matched only with the brutality of his soldiers.
These are the darkest days of the Confederate occupation of Pittsburgh..."
'Vengeance'
Sept. 17, 1942
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pvt. Peters
62nd Infantry Division
"The rotten cancer of Featherston's Confederacy ravages North America like a plague.
His relentless drive to the east steals the lives of men, women, and children alike.
The arrogance of Featherston is matched only with the brutality of his soldiers.
These are the darkest days of the Confederate occupation of Pittsburgh..."
-Sgt. Victor Renfield
'Vengeance'
Sept. 17, 1942
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pvt. Peters
62nd Infantry Division
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So I've been working on some collar patches and collar insignia designs for the Freedom Party Guardsmen. The ranks insignia I've made so far only go as high as staff sergeant. These are very much a work in progress, but the colors used here I really like, so they're going to stay I think. I used the SS ranks and runes as a template for where I can possibly start, with an emphasis on simplicity and easy recognition.
^^^ --- Simplified Featherston Cross (St. Andrew Cross) --- worn on the right collar, to denote Freedom Party Guard unit identification and association with the FPG.
^^^ --- Simplified Cross of Honor (Southern Cross of Honor) --- Worn on the right collar to substitute the Featherston Cross, to denote Freedom Party Guardsmen assigned to the Presidential Guard, which were immediately responsible for protecting President Jake Featherston.
^^^ --- Trooper (Private) insignia, Freedom Party Guards --- worn on the left collar, to denote the rank of Trooper.
^^^ --- Assistant Troop Leader (Corporal), Freedom Party Guards --- worn on the left collar, to denote the rank of Assistant Troop Leader.
^^^ --- Trooper Leader (Sergeant), Freedom Party Guards --- worn on the left collar, to denote the rank of Troop Leader.
^^^ --- Senior Troop Leader (Staff Sergeant), Freedom Party Guards --- worn on the left collar, to denote the rank of Senior Troop Leader.
These are still a work in progress.
I like your first one. Heck, I think that maybe it should be the actual Confederate Freedom Party flag!
Second reminds me too much of Germany's Iron Cross. Try to dig up what you can find on Confederate symbols or make some up that can relate to the ideas of the Confederacy.
I don't really have a strong liking for the rest. But then again, I know next to nothing about military rank/insignia.
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