"So I guess if Mr. Johnson was a Confederate first, then he couldn't join the GAR later on? That's how I'm reading it anyway."
Ann,
You read it right. That is a question on your application to both SUV and MOLLUS applications. I don't think he is looking to join either of those groups. I don't know but he might not be able to join SCV because the man was once a Yankee. I did not totally understand why he considered his ancestor a turn coat. The man might have been forced into confederate service and done what many men did when that happened, they moved north and joined the Federals. It happened 500,000 times. TO stay home and refuse service was to invite the rope or being shot. I guess this really belongs on news and views.
FC