During the American Civil War no portion of the conflict was contested more savagely or more divisively than that which was fought in East Tennessee.
The majority of.
They had voted heavily against secession.
Few were slave holders or even allied themselves with the South.
More than any other time in our history truly this was a war of "brother against brother, father against son." By and large the people of East Tennessee saw themselves as separate from the rest of the state.
During the American Civil War no portion of the conflict was contested more savagely or more divisively than that which was fought in East Tennessee