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Subject: Re: [NCASHE-L] Ahse Co Look-up
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 13:43:05 EST

Bob,

I signed onto Jeff pages. He listed Jacob King on the list because he was of
age to be in the civil war. Several things could have happened. He could
have gone back to Ill to join a Federal Unit, He could have gone into TN to
join a Federal Unit. OR he could have been a Federalist sympathizer in the
middle of a Rebel County and could have been killed.

The civil war has been glossed over somewhat. It was a terrible war for the
people. It was a terrible war for people trying not to take sides. People
were killed, beaten, had houses destroyed, lost all of their pertsonal
property. People had to hide their livestock when they realized soldiers(from
eiother side) were around because they would be stolen. Food was stolen,
animals slaughtered for food. It was especially difficult in East Tn because
the state declared itself Confederate, but the East Tennesseans by far were
Union. Ashe County was on the border of Tn, very few owned slaves, so it
probably had some men that joined the Union side.

Doyle King

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