The Redeemers are revealed to be as venal as the carpetbaggers. Many carpetbaggers returned to the North or joined the Redeemers. The Redeemers helped the Thunderbolts battle Gyrich, who had acquired experimental nanite technology. Nighthawk then formed a group called the Redeemers from unknown superhumans and former supervillains. Alongside the Lilin, she battled Ghost Rider, John Blaze, and the Darkhold Redeemers. Conrad and the majority of the Redeemers were killed by the villain Graviton. He was part of the faction of Southern Democrats known as the Redeemers. In Tennessee, the Redeemers formed a coalition with Republican Governor Dewitt Clinton Senter. The novel focuses the most on the conflict between Redeemers and Antagonists. Thus the Democratic Party became the vehicle for the white supremacist "Redeemers". Examples of Redeemers in Arkansas include Governor Jeff Davis. They regained political control of the state under conservative white "Redeemers" and pro-business Bourbon Democrats. Alongside Captain America, Godwulf, and the Redeemers, he battles Hellinger. Scalawags were denounced as corrupt by Redeemers. The Redeemers organized hundreds of rifle clubs.