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Position:Home>Genealogy> Some southern US Civil War refugees went to Brazil - Did any of yours?Question: Some southern US Civil War refugees went to Brazil - Did any of yours?Almost history as much as genealogy - some of your US southerner's ancestors or their sisters and brothers took off for Brazil after the Civil War ooops War of Northern Aggression y'all call it. (Are you missing some family/ancestors mmm?) Some also went to Mexico but the end of Emperor Maximilian was the end of their stay. 3 weeks ago Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 3 weeks ago I think I'd first read of this many years ago, that the colonists' descendants still celebrate The Old South, southern style, in Brasil. It's not easy to find articles online, here are 2: http://tinyurl.com/2fl8w4 http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/b... C'mon you guys, some of you out there gotta be somehow related to some of these expats. |