After their defeat, Confederate leaders were subjected to shame.
They were jailed for three years, until President Andrew Johnson pardoned all of them.
Within the Reconstruction era, many of the Confederate leaders were re elected into the government.
Sources:
http://salaamsblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/20000119edhan-a.gif?w=600
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/11721434/2/istockphoto_11721434-prison-cell-in-black-and-white.jpg
http://www.treehugger.com/us_congress_black_and_white_energy_treehugger.jpg
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