[fella]

Many areas of the Confederacy were unionist and raised regiments to serve the Federal Government.

[reagandemocrat]

That’s how the state of West Virginia came to be.

[blam]

"Many areas of the Confederacy were unionist and raised regiments to serve the Federal Government."

1200 people with my last name fought with the Yankees....700 fought for the Rebels.

And...like my father before me, I take a Rebel stand.

[Rebelbase]

There's a free ebook called Thrilling adventures of Daniel Ellis, the great Union guide of east Tennessee, during the rebellion

https://books.google.com/books/about/Thrilling_adventures_of_Daniel_Ellis_the.html?id=gEYIAAAAQAAJ">

Ellis guided a thousand or more people out of East TN into Union held Kentucky then later to Knoxville. A great read.

The best take-away I got from the book is when in trouble always run uphill.