An activist for the Confederate Dixie flag who came to some events, including some in Northeast Tennessee, dressed in full Civil War regalia has died.
The family of HK Edgerton said the 77-year-old Asheville native died in his sleep Sunday at the VA Medical Center.
Edgerton campaigned for recognition of black soldiers who served the Confederacy in the 1800s and usually marched around with a Confederate flag at protests, including an October 2015 session of the Greene County Commission that made national headlines where lawmakers voted 20-1 to a reject a request from a fellow councilman to fly the flag at the Greeneville courthouse based on historical purposes…