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Divided Loyalties

Published: April 11, 2020, 12:37 a.m.

At the start of the Civil War, the Appalachian part of Tennessee voted 2-1 to remain a part of the United States in that state’s secession vote.  When Tennessee left the Union and joined the Confederacy, those loyalists defended that Union, leading to summary executions and marshal law.  Today we tell their story. You can […]