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	Scalawags
		Many scalawags were sincere in their belief that conformance with the dictated measures of the Reconstruction Acts was the best and fastest way to end Reconstruction and return the South to home rule.
		Scalawags who persisted in aiding the Northern Republicans after the passage of the March 27, 1867, supplementary Reconstruction Act, which instituted military rule in the Southern states to enforce fl suffrage and political equality, were especially detested and would sometimes become the target of vigilantism by groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
		Franklin J. Moses, Jr., is an example of the worst of the scalawags.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /AftermathAndReconstruction/scalawags.html (323 words)

	scalawags - Encyclopedia.com
		scalawags, derogatory term used in the South after the Civil War to describe native white Southerners who joined the Republican party and aided in carrying out the congressional Reconstruction program.
		Jaime Caringal has issued a stern warning to police scalawags in the region, saying that their days in the service are now...
		She explained that the CAAC had been aware of the activities of police scalawags and will not be surprised once these policemen are named in public.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc.aspx?id=1E1:scalawag (899 words)

	Are there anti-Christmas scalawags at Athens City Hall?
		Gill and Williams deny that city officials are scalawags or anti-Christmas.
		A scalawag is a term that described a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the Civil War.
		Gill, who still was upset about the scalawag comment, said he doesn't want the mayor to forward him any e-mails or letters calling the city anti-Christmas.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/news/051213/anti.shtml (380 words)

	Scalawag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Twenty-seven scalawags won state executive nominations (75%), 24 won state judicial nominations (89%), and 101 were elected to the Alabama General Assembly (39%).
		However, fewer scalawags won nominations to federal offices: 15 were nominated or elected to Congress (48%) compared to 11 carpetbaggers and 5 fls.
		The term "scalawag" was intended as an insult by the opponents of the Republicans to attack political enemies who lost status by associating with fls.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scalawag (1917 words)

	Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction, The Alabama Review - Find Articles
		James Alex Baggett's The Scalawags does for Reconstruction historiography what Richard Current's Those Terrible Carpetbaggers (New York, 1988) did several years ago: it seeks to give a human face to a much-vilified group of politicians who sought to change the South in the wake of the Civil War.
		Scalawags, it turns out, were not all cut from the same cloth, but rather were the products of subregional variations in history, politics, and geography.
		Most southwestern scalawags were Douglas Democrats in 1860, while most Upper South and southeastern scalawags were Whigs who supported the Constitutional Union candidacy of John Bell.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3880/is_200410/ai_n9434065 (740 words)

	Sun.Star Baguio - Lack of discipline blamed for proliferation of police scalawags
		THE lack of personal discipline aggravated by wrong community influence is the primary root cause of the continuous proliferation of “scalawags” in the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
		Adnol said the PNP leadership must be firm in the implementation of administrative sanctions against erring police officers to serve as warning to those law enforcers who are planning to commit irregularities.
		In the Cordillera, Adnol said that reported police “scalawags” are few compared to those policemen who are really dedicated to their jobs.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bag/2007/07/29/news/lack.of.discipline.blamed.for.proliferation.of.police.scalawags.html (202 words)

	Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
		Scalawags and Carpetbaggers were derogatory terms used in the aftermath of the Civil War.
		Scalawags referred to a group of white Republican Southerners who sympathized with the federal Reconstruction effort.
		Scalawags were often politically allied with Carpetbaggers, white business people from the North who moved to the South during Reconstruction.
	www.mrnussbaum.com /scalawag.htm (125 words)

	NJ.com's Printer-Friendly Page
		These individuals have earned the epithet "scalawags," to distinguish them from their Northern emigre counterparts, the "carpetbaggers." The "scalawags'" subsequent fall led to the development of a "Redemption" south not hugely different from the gracious, class dominated, and almost feudal society of anti-bellum times.
		Contrary to the stereotype of the scalawag as an ignorant country bumpkin, most "scalawag" leaders were middle to upper class professionals, well educated, and with some experience in government.
		And while scalawags are usually portrayed as advocates of radical racial reforms and "social equality," the truth is that most scalawags shared Southern biases.
	www.nj.com /weblogs/print.ssf?/mtlogs/cleve_bookreviews/archives/print022041.html (1287 words)

	Scalawags Whitefish & Chips
		We also noticed that Scalawags was one of the sponsors of the tournament.
		Scalawags has always been my favorite fish restaurant.
		We have a cottage on Douglas Lake (it was full so we stayed in the city) about 15 minutes south of the bridge and have been going to Scalawags since it first opened.
	www.scalawagswhitefish.com /reviews.htm (1365 words)

	Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
		Scalawags — a derogatory term (originally describing worthless livestock) applied to native white Southerners who supported the federal reconstruction plan and cooperated with the fls in order to achieve their ends.
		Some of the scalawags were entirely above board, having opposed the Confederacy in earlier times and later wanted a new South to emerge from the rubble.
		Both the scalawags and the carpetbaggers were resented by many Southerners and became the targets of the Ku Klux Klan.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h240.html (429 words)

	ADAH: Alabama Moments (What is a Scalawag?--Quick Summary)
		Origin of term scalawag: Pre-l865: inferior cattle or ponies, vagabond or menial servant, mean fellow, loafer, flguard, scamp.
		Prewar judges, legislators, members of national political conventions, and local office holders were all counted as scalawags.
		They recognized Republicans were the dominant political party when they saw the growth of support for the party after Republican victory on the national level in l868.
	www.alabamamoments.state.al.us /sec27qs.html (147 words)

	The Weekly Online!
		In The Scalawags, James Alex Baggett profiles the lives of 742 white southern republicans or scalawags; politicians who supported reconstruction and were considered traitors by many southerners.
		The Scalawags focuses primarily on the political elite that held state and national offices in the South from 1865 to "redemption." In an effort to dissect stereotypes that southern Democrats
		Because of its scope and extensive research, "The Scalawags" is considered the definitive work on the subject.
	www.theweekly.com /news/2005/March/30/James_Baggett.html (309 words)

	Historic Preservation Society of Charleston South Carolina
		South Carolina Scalawags tells the familiar story of Reconstruction from a mostly unfamiliar vantage point, that of white southerners who broke ranks and supported the newly recognized rights and freedoms of their fl neighbors.
		Known as "scalawags," these South Carolinians numbered as many as ten thousand—fifteen percent of the state's white population—but have remained a maligned and largely misunderstood component of post—Civil War politics.
		In this first book-length exploration of their egalitarian objectives and short-lived ambitions, Hyman Rubin III resurrects the lives and careers of these individuals who took a leading role during Reconstruction.
	www.preservationsociety.org /shop_detail.asp?storeID=172 (166 words)

	Excite España - Búsqueda Web - Resultados con: Scalawags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		To most white Southerners, scalawags were an unprincipled group of traitorous...
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	Sun.Star Bacolod - Scalawags in uniform blamed for gun pilferage
		NATIONAL Defense Government Arsenal Director Eriberto Varona admitted the so-called “scalawags” in uniform are responsible for the sale of firearms and ammunition to rebel groups in Mindanao.
		He appealed to the public, particularly the soldiers, to come forward if they have personal knowledge of the alleged selling so that the necessary investigation can be made and to prevent similar incidents in the future.
		He said the ammunition could have landed on the enemies’ hands through encounters or possibly through the handiwork of some scalawags.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bac/2003/07/30/news/scalawags.in.uniform.blamed.for.gun.pilferage.html (395 words)

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		The Scalawags are a group of men and women of all ages who have an interest in the American Civil War (1861-65), and like to 'get away from it all' for a dozen or so weekends a year to attempt to recreate soldiers and citizens of 1863.
		We have researched photographs, diaries, manuscripts, newspapers and Quartermaster returns of the period and together with advice from our pards in the States and visits to museums and battlefields, have put together what we believe to be as accurate an impression of that period as we can.
		We are based in the United Kingdom, with the majority of our members living in and around the Home Counties of England, and in the Belfast area of Northern Ireland.
	members.lycos.co.uk /COB9KY/scalawag.htm (524 words)

	The Scalawags (P) - Wal-Mart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the Scalawags, James Alex Baggett ambitiously uncovers the genesis of scalawag leaders through-out the former Confederacy.
		Baggett follows the life of each scalawag before, during, and after the war, revealing real personalities and not mere statistics.
		This is the first Southwide study of the scalawags, and its scope and astounding wealth of sources make it the definitive work on the subject.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2665589 (515 words)

	Carpetbaggers And Scalawags Contested 1876 Election - Rutherford B. Hayes
		The county seat had been moved after the Civil War from the town of Manatee to the backwoods village of Pine Level, 10 miles west of Arcadia.
		Green was a prominent cattleman but a "scalawag," or a white, southern, Union sympathizer and reconstruction Republican -- in contrast to a northern "carpetbagger." He had married the daughter of Willoughby Whidden, a leader among cattlemen who objected to making the long trip through the wilderness to Manatee for official business.
		Most Florida cattlemen were scalawags in spirit if not practice.
	www.lindseywilliams.org /Articles/Carpetbaggers_And_Scalawags_Contested_1876_Election.htm (1617 words)

	From Martyrs to Murderers:The Old Southwest's Saints, Sinners, and Scalawags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		From the Flame of Battle to the Fiery Cross: The 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
		The virtues and foibles of the human race are fascinating fodder for any writer.
		The austere and primitive conditions of life in the Southwest in the last century add extra color to the tales of the saints, sinners, and scalawags of those days.
	www.barbed-wire.net /From-Martyrs-to-MurderersThe-Old-Southwests-Saints-Sinners-and-Scalawags--P55C17.aspx (246 words)

	Carpetbagger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They formed a coalition with Freedmen (freed slaves), and Scalawags (Southern whites) in the Republican Party, which in turn controlled ex-Confederate states for varying periods, 1867-1877.
		Many Carpetbaggers and Scalawags shared a Whiggish vision of modernizing the South, one that would overthrow the crippled Southern plantation regime and replace it with industrial capitalism.
		The "Black and Tan" (biracial) constitutional convention in Mississippi in 1868 included 29 Scalawags, 17 fls and 24 Carpetbaggers, nearly all of whom were veterans of the Union army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carpetbagger (3211 words)

	South Carolina Scalawags
		South Carolina Scalawags tells the familiar story of Reconstruction from a mostly unfamiliar vantage point, that of white southerners who broke ranks and supported the newly recognized rights and freedoms of their fl neighbors.
		Known as "scalawags," these South Carolinians numbered as many as ten thousand—fifteen percent of the state's white population—but have remained a maligned and largely misunderstood component of post–Civil War politics.
		South Carolina Scalawags delves into the lives of representative white Republicans, exploring their backgrounds, political attitudes and actions, and post-Reconstruction fates.
	www.sc.edu /uscpress/2006/3625.html (627 words)

	Amazon.com: The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters In The Civil War And Reconstruction: Books: James Alex Baggett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In The Scalawags, James Alex Baggett ambitiously uncovers the genesis of scalawag leaders throughout the former Confederacy.
		Baggett follows the life of each scalawag before, during, and after the war, revealing real personalities and not mere statistics.
		This is the first Southwide study of the scalawags, its scope and astounding wealth in quantity and quality of sources make it the definitive work on the subject.
	www.amazon.com /Scalawags-Southern-Dissenters-Civil-Reconstruction/dp/0807130141 (675 words)

	Marn's Big Adventure
		Forget-me-nots are rogues and scalawags, but since they're also one of the very few true blue plants in the garden they hold a special place in my heart.
		They're biennials which means they come back from the previous year's seed, not the original plant.
		Kids, don't try viewing this at home without Netscape 6 or IE 4.5+, a screen resolution of 800 X 600 and the font Mead Bold firmly ensconced on your hard drive.
	marn.diaryland.com /scalawags.html (711 words)

	The Sisterhood of the Jaunty Quills » Smugglers, spies, and other scalawags
		Hang out with smugglers, spies and other scalawags rather than polite, well-behaved, upstanding members of society.
		Ye be warned: You marry the kind of people you date, and you write the kind of books you read.
		I take consolation in the fact that all those sweet Regencies have softened the edges and tamed — just a wee bit — the smugglers, spies, and other scalawags who populate the pages of my imagination.
	jauntyquills.com /2006/06/04/smugglers-spies-and-other-scalawags (871 words)

	Triumph of the Scalawags - by Pat Buchanan - Articles, Essays and Speeches - T H E I N T E R N E ...
		ACLU scalawags and carpetbagging New York lawyers, who never attended VMI or the Citadel but detest their traditions from afar, decided to break them.
		Hauled into federal court, the Citadel, after a costly legal battle, was ordered to admit Shannon Faulkner.
		It is past time to recapture our government from carpetbagging lawyers, ACLU scalawags and their fl-robed accomplices on the federal bench.
	www.buchanan.org /pa-97-0825.html (751 words)

	scalawags — Infoplease.com
		The Power of the Scalawag - Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce 89 - Rejected Services At Large - One Temper - 91 The Power of...
		Rejected Services - Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce 88 - An Inflated Ambition The Power of the Scalawag - 90...
		At Large - One Temper - Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce 90 - The Power of the Scalawag The Seeker and the Sought - 92 At...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0843853.html (248 words)

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