Pendleton County was strongly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War, but in 1863 it was included by the federal government in the new state of West Virginia against the inhabitants ' wishes.

Pendleton County was strongly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War, but was included by the federal government in the new state of West Virginia against the inhabitants ' wishes.

Jackson, Price, and the pro-Confederate portions of the state legislature, were forced to flee the state capital of Jefferson City on June 14, 1861, in the face of Lyon's rapid advance against the state government.

He led this mixed force into action against pro-Southern general Sterling Price in the Battle of Dry Wood Creek as Price began an offensive early in the war to retake Missouri for the pro-Confederate state government that had been deposed by pro-Union forces.

The governor and most of the legislature were Unionists, but a pro-Confederate state government, with some members of the legislature, was organized in Russellville ; both armies then began recruiting efforts.

Although Booth was pro-Confederate, his family, like many Marylanders, was divided.

Many of the people in the state supported the Union, although Missouri's Little Dixie section along the Mississippi River in southeastern counties was strongly pro-Confederate.

Being on the border between the largely pro-Union East Tennessee and pro-Confederate Middle Tennessee, the county was the scene of bloodshed from partisans ( called " bushwhackers ") of both sides.

The county was pro-Confederate but Shelbyville was mostly loyal to the Union.

In 1860 slaves made up 25 percent or more of the county's population, and the county was strongly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War.

It was heavily pro-Confederate during the American Civil War.

It was mainly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War and was the site several skirmishes and some guerrilla warfare.

Reagan originally nominated Mel Bradford to the position, but due to Bradford's pro-Confederate views Bennett was appointed in his place.

It was in part retaliation for " Jayhawker " raids against pro-Confederate settlements in Missouri.

Missouri was the scene of over 1000 engagements between Union and Confederate forces, and uncounted numbers of guerrilla attacks and raids by informal pro-Confederate bands.

Stand Watie was elected principal chief of the pro-Confederate Cherokee, who increasingly outnumbered pro-Union elements.

The local population in western Kentucky was pro-Confederate.

Outraged by this act, Price threw in his lot with the Southerners, and was assigned by pro-Confederate Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to command the newly reformed Missouri State Guard in May 1861, leading his young recruits ( who affectionately nicknamed him " Old Pap ") in a campaign to secure Missouri for the Confederacy.

This was not acceptable to Unionist leaders in Missouri, such as Republican leader Frank Blair, as Price did nothing to prevent the organization of pro-Confederate forces or protect Unionists in his territory.

Intended to eliminate sanctuary and sustenance for pro-Confederate guerrilla fighters, it was enforced by troops from Kansas, and provided an excuse for a final round of plundering, arson, and summary execution perpetrated against the civilian population of western Missouri.

Kentucky was considered the most at risk ; the state legislature had declared neutrality in the dispute, which was a moderately pro-Confederate stance.

The petitioners were pro-Confederate northern men who had been found guilty and sentenced to death by a military court for treasonous activities.

The Outlaw Josey Wales ( 1976 ), a western inspired by Asa Carter's 1972 novel of the same name, has lead character Josey Wales ( Eastwood ) as a pro-Confederate guerilla who refuses to surrender his arms after the American Civil War and is chased across the old southwest by a group of enforcers.

Wales joins a group of pro-Confederate Missouri Bushwhackers led by William T. Anderson.

Most of the " freed " slaves were held by masters who were part of the pro-Confederate Cherokee, so they did not gain immediate freedom.

It is also seen to be inspired by Clement Vallandingham, an anti-war pro-Confederate Ohio Democrat who-like Nolan-was exiled and expressed a disinterest in belonging to the United States.

His superiors dispatched further reinforcements under Samuel D. Sturgis, with which Mulligan hoped to hold his enlarged position, but they were ambushed by pro-Confederate forces ( alerted by a secessionist telegraph tapper ) and compelled to retreat.

The surrendered Union soldiers were compelled to listen to a speech by deposed pro-Confederate Missouri governor Claiborne F. Jackson, who upbraided them for entering his state without invitation and waging war upon its citizens.

Marmaduke conducted a campaign which apologetically emphasized his Confederate service, emphasized alleged abuses of Missourians by Union troops during the Civil War, celebrated the activities of pro-Confederate " partisan guerrillas " such as William Clark Quantrill, claimed that the Republican Party in Missouri a tool of " Carpetbaggers " to oppress " native " Missourians, and made overt appeals to white racism.

Though Featherston acted too rashly for Potter's comfort ( he was convinced that had his advice been acted on the invasion would have been a strategic as well as tactical surprise ) Potter's competent organization of pro-Confederate saboteurs helped George Patton's army reach Lake Erie by August.

The pouch contained some actual correspondence from Bunch to Britain, and also pro-Confederate pamphlets, personal letters from Southerners to European correspondents, and a Confederate dispatch which recounted Bunch's dealings with the Confederacy, including the talk of recognition.

On November 15, Confederate Col. Douglas H. Cooper, a former US Indian Agent, led 1, 400 men, including blacks and pro-Confederate Indians, northward to convince Opothleyahola and his followers to support the Confederacy or to " drive him and his party from the country.

During the period of U. S. occupation in the Great War to when Kentucky was returned to the Confederacy in 1941, the Kentucky State Police were, in effect, the state's secret police force, aimed at suppressing both black Marxists and pro-Confederate sympathizers.

In Kentucky and Missouri, there were both pro-Confederate and pro-Union governments.

He fought for the Confederate States of America under General Nathan B. Forrest during the American Civil War, and edited a pro-Confederate newspaper, the Chattanooga Rebel.

Mayor Brown, the city council, and the police commissioner, who were all pro-Confederate, were arrested and imprisoned at Fort McHenry for the balance of the war.

During this time Roberts became a spokesman for states ' rights, and when the secessionist crisis appeared in 1860, he was at the center of the pro-Confederate faction.

Price's primary aims were to recruit men from pro-Confederate areas of northern Missouri, capture the Federal arsenal at St Louis, and seize animals and supplies for Confederate use.

The fighting in Missouri during the Civil War was largely between pro-Union and pro-Confederate Missourians, though the bushwhackers held special hatred for the Union troops from Kansas who frequently crossed the border and earned a reputation for ruthlessness.

The premise of Ride with the Devil is based on the true story of pro-Confederate guerrillas who fought against Union troops under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill.

As a native of Los Angeles who grew up on a farm in southern Colorado, I can claim complete freedom from any pro-Confederate special pleading during my formative years.

Following their victory at Wilson's Creek on August 10, the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, having consolidated its forces in the northern and central portions of the state, marched on Lexington under the command of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price.