All the veterans of Leontini, finding their homes and women safe, joined to a man.
Other veterans, journalists and politicians joined in.
Some veterans also joined the scene at times, standing near the protesters and separated from them by a police barricade.
The law allowed for "block sales," whereby veterans could join together to buy the land.
Many veterans of the regiments joined other Confederate units later in the war.
Service personnel and veterans can join the party for £1.
Most veterans do not join until they are close to retirement.
Any honorably discharged veteran of the war could join the group, including those from the Confederate States Army.
There, he and 75 fellow veterans aged 60 to 104 join in a cost-effective way to help the elderly.
As the organization revived, black veterans joined in significant numbers and organized local posts.