What’s your problem?
Whats yours ???
If you know anything about the 1st Civil War or the American Revolution
You know that a lot depended on where the people lived and what was happening in their neck of the woods and not who they were
brother fought brother and cousin fought cousin just like the civil war of 1861-65
There was no common theme for families
Nor any prior political philosophies
1/3 of the country were Rebels/Patriots, 1/3 Loyalists and 1.3 couldny care less or were not effected
My direct ancestors were loyalists who fled north to Canada but only because the were imprisoned - old grandmothers tiny children - their houses were burned and their farms were confiscated
The men began fighting to get their lands back but they failed and they never were compensated..
Their brothers and cousins living elsewhere were not molested and were Rebels
George Washington even stayed in the house of one of them
As I said it is unfair to demand someone tell you whiuch swide they would have fought on
Given a situation where some local rebels came to your house in the middle of the night and burnt your house and killed your children would you have joined them ???
in one of the houses burned an invalid man couldnt walk to escape the flames
The Rebels wouldnt let his family go back in and rescue him
his 62 yo Mom was put in prison She was the widow of a hero of the Battle of Lake George
Her teenage daughter was raped there and died
Would you have joined her murderers ??
(Disclaimer: these rapist/murderers were not representative of all rebels but in war enemy women are not always treated kindly)
Other than loyalty to England because of the help they had received as religious refugees both of these families owed nothing to the country
They had all been born in America and their own hands backs hard work and expertise had earned them their lands and houses
However the ill treatment from their fellow Americans and neighbors (in coveting their property) caused them to reject that “side” and seek elsewhere for empathetic friends
Kid, nobody knows what they would have done in that time and circumstance
One can only guess
Tennessee Nana UE