That would have just made martyrs out of them.
We shouldn’t have allowed any confederate officer or elected official to be part of any federal/state/local government after the war. We also should have made a federally mandated course in school that covered the causes of the war. We also should have outlawed public monuments of any traitor. Should have made constitutional amendments to get things like these done if needed.
I don’t understand, why is this a lawsuit instead of an arrest warrant?