Anybody know what this means This paragraph cries out for conversion to plain English It is terrible writing and not understandable by ordinary readers If someone wants to rewrite it in plain English please do so Otherwise it will be safe on this page Baggett 2003 shows that Scalawags were for the most part long time doubters or opponents of the Confederacy He explains that along the continuum of an 1860 antisecessionist Breckinridge supporter 1860 Bell or Douglas supporter 1860 antisecessionist passive wartime unionist peace party advocate active wartime unionist postwar Union party supporter the farther an individual moved along this line the greater his chances of becoming a Republican p 271