▁account , ▁after ▁White ▁was ▁par o led ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁and ▁following ▁the ▁surrender ▁of ▁the ▁western ▁Confeder ate ▁forces , ▁he ▁ended ▁his ▁military ▁career ▁by ▁walking ▁( his ▁cl othing ▁in ▁ra gs ) ▁to ▁a ▁com rade ' s ▁family ▁home ▁in ▁Liv onia ▁in ▁Po inte ▁Coupe e ▁Par ish . ▁ ▁White ' s ▁Civil ▁War ▁service ▁was ▁taken ▁as ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁common ▁knowledge ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁initial ▁nom ination ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court , ▁and ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁V eter an ▁period ical , ▁published ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁Confeder ate ▁V eter ans , ▁con gr at ulated ▁him ▁upon ▁his ▁confirm ation . ▁White ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁ex - Conf eder ate ▁soldiers ▁to ▁serve ▁on ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁The ▁others ▁were ▁Associ ate ▁Just ices ▁Lu cius ▁Quint us ▁C inc inn atus ▁L amar ▁( II ) ▁of ▁Mississippi ▁and ▁Hor ace ▁Harm on ▁L ur ton ▁of ▁Tennessee . ▁The ▁Court ' s ▁other ▁ex - Conf eder ate , ▁Associ ate ▁Justice ▁How ell ▁Edmund s ▁Jackson , ▁had ▁held ▁a ▁civil ▁position ▁under ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁government . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Re const ruction ▁era , ▁White ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ku ▁Kl ux ▁K lan . ▁Later , ▁while ▁on ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court , ▁he ▁approved ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁The ▁B irth ▁of ▁a ▁Nation , ▁which ▁helped ▁reign ite ▁the ▁K lan ▁in ▁the ▁ 1