What Happened to Confederates After the Civil War? | Animated History

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One Confederate general, William Wing Loring went to Egypt after the end of the Civil War along with about fifty other Union and Confederate veterans who were recommended to the ruler of Egypt, Isma'il Pasha by General Sherman. There, he served in the Egyptian military for several years and participated in the Egyptian-Ethiopian War of 1874 to 1876. He even served as Isma'il Pasha's chief of staff at one point and rose to the rank of Major General in the Egyptian Army before returning home to the United States. He wrote a book about his experiences in Egypt called; A Confederate Soldier in Egypt, which was published in 1884, two years before he passed away.

Plot twist: they all went to Argentina

One family left Virginia with their wealth and bought a large estate in San Gabriel , California. A little boy was raised there who met an old family friend.....Confederate Cavalry commander John S. Mosby....the " Grey Ghost" who General Lee held in high regard. The boy rode horses and reenacted Civil War battles with the old veteran, who told of the heroics of his grandfather at Gettysburg, and his great uncle at Winchester. Filled with the military spirit of his ancestors, this boy became General George S. Patton, our best battlefield commander of WWII...

My great-great-grandfather emigrated with his wife from Germany to Connecticut, just in time for the war. He joined the Union army and was captured, surviving his time in Andersonville prison.

I would love to see what happened to Hessian soldiers following the Revolutionary War.

Something interesting about Longstreet is due to his open critique of Lee, he was not invited to the Confederate Army reunion. Despite that, he still arrived wearing his old uniform. He received a standing ovation.

In my case, after my GG grandfather was KIA in Virginia, his wife soon died leaving two orphans who were fostered out to relatives in SW Virginia. Most in the family had lost everything and so moved west to Missouri and farming. The orphans remained, and one of those boys was my great grandfather. The devastation was nearly complete.

The history of the buildup to and progression after the Civil War is absolutely fascinating. Thank you!

My great x4 grandfather enlisted in the Confederate Army in late 1861 and was captured just days before Lee’s surrender. After the war, he went back to his farm in North Carolina. He died in the early 1900s after his plow hit something and came back and knocked him in the stomach. I’ve always found it ironic he survived the war and a northern prison camp and a farming accident is what got him.

“Change of plans boys, Mexico is looking kinda fine” Confederates, 1865.

My Great Grandfather was a young boy in the Confederate Army and was captured in Mississippi. He was sent to Camp Douglas in Illinois. He survived until the war was over and was released. If Confederate soldiers signed an allegiance to the Union Army they were given transportation home and could be later called into service with the Union Army. My great grandfather refused to sign and was released he had to walk home to Mississippi on his own.

This makes a lot of sense. Great video. In general we cover wars in school but we never get all the angles like The Historian. Probably a grey area in history for most Americans. Great video. ❤

My great great grandfather went back to his home in Louisiana and continued farming. He married and raised 12 children. On the other side of my family (union side), he went home but due to his wounds, he became a store owner instead of returning to farming. In other words, they went back to their lives and lived it.

My grandfather knew two Civil War veterans, one Union and one Confederate. The past isn't as long ago as we think!

Glad you did a video on this, not something I've thought about before

Thank you for sharing this video. It is very informative and full of historical details.

Hey Armchair Historian could you do a WW1 episode from the Belgian or Ottoman Perspective? I think it would be an interesting topic.

Besides Longstreet, another notable Confederate officer who turned against the political class of the South and joined the Republican Party after the war was John S Mosby. During the Civil War, Mosby had risen to the rank of colonel, led his own regiment of light cavalry was extremely successful in using hit and run tactics to harry and impede the efforts of Union forces in Virginia. He was so successful that Grant had to tie up 14,000 Union troops to guard railways and supply lines from attacks by Mosby's Raiders. Ironically after the war he became good friends with Grant and helped campaign for him and other Republican politicians in the South. Mosby's political career also became tied to his former adversary, especially when Grant ascended to the presidency. As a result Mosby was appointed as the US Consul to Hong Kong in 1878, and would later get a high position in the Department of Justice when he returned home. Just like Longstreet, Mosby received lots of angry letters and death threats from Confederate sympathizers. He once wrote how he had been treated with more kindness and humility by his former enemy (Grant) than by other ex-Confederates.

I found this video totally fascinating.