I'm going to chime in something that probably won't be very popular. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION. I too am born an bred in the South, and my Great-Great grandfather Edwin Brown fought with the 2nd Battalion Alabama 1st (or 2nd) company. He fought from beginning all the way to Fredericksburg where he was wounded and captured. Good thing too, because all his brothers and cousins were killed at Gettysburg. Providence....

Anyway, let me tell you why i think you should reconsider wearing this tartan. this tartan represents something completely different to other Americans. there is nothing wrong with celebrating and honoring those that fell in that conflict, but wearing a tartan that uses the colors of the confederacy will stand to remind some of what THEIR ancestors had to endure under the people and government that used them.

I don't want to sound like a bleeding heart ACLU liberal, because those that know me well will tell you that i'm anything but that.....But I personally do not believe in hurting my fellow countryman's feelings in this day and age. And while I'm a true southerner through and through, I am surely ashamed of what its culture propagated. That one aspect of Southern culture was defended by the Confederacy, and thats the truth. I want to wear tartans that i can celebrate my association with that EVERYONE will enjoy seeing and hearing the story or history about. I want to encourage others to love the kilt for the same reason I love it. I don't want to alienate or set the idea that guys who wear kilts are racist. Do you think this guy would like it?