Southerners in Blue: They Defied the Confederacy

*A county in the south declares its neutrality in the Civil War and then secedes from the state. *Southern men turn their backs on their secessionist neighbors and form their own Union regiment. *A slave-owning minister heads an underground pro-Union movement. Cracks in the Confederacy usually don't show up in American History 101 or even 102. But they are what author Don Umphrey discovered when conducted research on his great-grandfather's involvement in the Civil War. Hostilities grew as these Union-minded southerners balked at serving in the Confederate army. Some donned Union uniforms and subsequently paid the ultimate price for their convictions. "As I shared tidbits of my research findings with friends, most were surprised to hear conventional knowledge about the Civil War turned upside down." -- Author Don Umphrey from the Introduction.