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Unlike previous meetings where the pro-Confederate side seemed to be the loudest, much of the crowd roared in support for Sampson.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

“During Jim Crow, Lincoln was banned from pro-Confederate textbooks, and today we see the Confederate flag being waved in places like Charlottesville,” Mr. Reynolds said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 16, 2022

The congressman also noted that former President Abraham Lincoln had sent federal troops to Frederick, Md., to arrest pro-Confederate Maryland legislators while they sat in a session at the Washington suburb.

From Fox News • Dec. 4, 2019

Clarion Ledger reporter Nick Suss said there were approximately 100 pro-Confederate protesters present during the rally’s peak.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2019

His broken leg notwithstanding, these three days in Virginia, with its pro-Confederate citizens and custom of hospitality, have made him think that escape is a possibility.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly