Border wars other than in Kansas

ratwod · May 12, 2012

I read William Monks book, "A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas." The author is decidedly pro-Union, but I'm confident that the atrocities were committed by both sides. The Union-sympathizers were arrested, their property confiscated, and their families were sent north with little or nothing. Many Union-sympathizers were executed after a trial. My guess is that Confederate sympathizers fared no better in the North.

Was this happening all along the North-South border?

Pvt.A.Wells · May 13, 2012

Kentucky was rather vicious during the war, and the atrocities continued long after the war, as families continued to settle old scores. This went both ways also. Mainly North on South crime, but in certain regions South on North.

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KLSDAD · Jan 7, 2014

ratwod said:
I read William Monks book, "A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas." The author is decidedly pro-Union, but I'm confident that the atrocities were committed by both sides. The Union-sympathizers were arrested, their property confiscated, and their families were sent north with little or nothing. Many Union-sympathizers were executed after a trial. My guess is that Confederate sympathizers fared no better in the North.

I just started it....should be interesting compared to the other two Missouri memoirs I just finished: With Porter in Northern Missouri and The Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand.

ErnieMac · Jan 7, 2014

Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee rank right up there with the others mentioned. A lot of the activity here was the Confederate government trying to enforce conscription on the mountain people who wanted no part of the war. Cold Mountain (book and movie) was based in this area. For non-fiction I recommend Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0895870878/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

lawandorder · Jan 7, 2014

You mentioned the Autobiography of Samuel Hildebrand. This is believed to be the remains of the jail he was incarcerated in, and escaped from, in Jacksonport, Arkansas. Until a few years ago it was intact and then it was damaged by a Tornado. This style of jail was built with no entrance on the first floor and access only from the second story.

East Tennessee Roots · Jan 7, 2014

ErnieMac said:
Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee rank right up there with the others mentioned. A lot of the activity here was the Confederate government trying to enforce conscription on the mountain people who wanted no part of the war. Cold Mountain (book and movie) was based in this area. For non-fiction I recommend Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains.

Another vote for western NC & east TN ! Very nasty business !!!!

Border wars other than in Kansas

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