a Southern White who supported Reconstruction.

white Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest

In the United States, Scalawags were Southern whites who joined the Republican party in the ex-Confederate South during Reconstruction. They formed a coalition with Freedmen (blacks who were former slaves) and Northern newcomers (called Carpetbaggers) to control of their state and local governments. The two most prominent scalawags were General James Longstreet (Lee's top general), and Joseph E.

A scamp; a scapegrace.

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

one who is playfully mischievous