Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Point of information: every state that seceded also produced at least one regiment for service in the Union Army. Besides West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia in 1863 to rejoin the Union, large portions of Eastern Tennessee, Northern Alabama and Arkansas and the German areas of Texas remained loyal to the Republic. In the case of Northern Arkansas, 6 regiments of Cavalry, Infantry and Artillery were raised from the "Mountain Feds" of the Arkansas Ozarks. They served on garrison duty here in SW Missouri and NW Arkansas, fighting irregular partisans, and were valued for their knowledge of the country.

An excellent of information regarding the Southern Loyalists is Lincoln's Loyalists: Union Soldiers from the Confederacy by Richard N. Current.

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Again with good information and great resources! Thanks.