one of these guys is francis ni nichols who is a double amputee that we see on the screen. because so much of him had been physically damaged during the war, some reporters actually questioned whether the constituents in louisiana should be willing to vote for a man in this physical condition to be governor of their state. and nichols thought about it and he said well, i guess they can just vote for whatever's left of me to hold the governorship of louisiana. which they will do twice. he will actually serve two terms as governor in louisiana. but large veterans -- large numbers of veterans, though, are not going to have those political opportunities, those educational opportunities or able to transition back into manual labor. they are going to have to beg for work and find signs everywhere that say no main confederate need apply. one veteran in louisiana noted a man with one arm cannot be expected to ever make as much as two. when that becomes your financial reality, when you cannot find a job, you end up begging on the streets for money. this is one particular confederate