Original sentence: In 2002, resistance to the SCV leadership appeared, resulting in the formation of a new organization: Save the Sons of Confederate Veterans, comprised of members and former members of SCV.. In 2002, SSCV alleged that scores of SCV members had left the organization in protest of its recent transformation, and that current SCV president Dennis Sweeney had purged the SCV’s ranks of additional moderates.In 2002, the SCV was criticized by left-of-center publications and its factionalized dissenters for the SCV's views of Civil War history and alleged association with neo-confederate individuals and organizations
Edited sentence: In 2002, resistance to the SCV leadership appeared from among a small group of dissenters, resulting in the formation of a new organization: Save the Sons of Confederate Veterans, comprised of members and former members of SCV.. In 2002, SSCV alleged that scores of SCV members had left the organization in protest of its recent transformation, and that current SCV president Dennis Sweeney had purged the SCV’s ranks of additional moderates.In 2002, the SCV was criticized by left-of-center publications and a small group of dissenters for the SCV's views of Civil War history and alleged association with neo-confederate individuals and organizations