Now that it has become fashionable to actively disparage and denigrate Confederate veterans after 150 years of exalted status in the South, it becomes imperative for all who feign any semblance of fairness to give hearing to a few inconvenient facts that run counter to the modern PC narrative. All are aware of the oft-repeated story line that brought with it this open season on all things Confederate: Evil people of the South fought to defend slavery while the moral Northern populace struggled heroically to free those forced to labor. While this makes an interesting narrative, it drifts far from reality, forcing us to answer several nagging questions that refuse to go away.