by Margaret Windley, Church Historian As the Civil War dissolves further into the past, we need to remember it was a terrible and tragic time. There were about 750,000 casualties, counting both sides. In 1865 President Andrew Johnson passed a proclamation that would offer general pardons to former enlisted CSA soldiers and low-ranking officers. Former high ranking CSA officers and others directly involved would need special pardons, which started coming a little later. All