How so? Specifically what crimes did they commit?
I guess the "Torch" comes to mind.
In general if I try to put myself into the mindset of a 19th century Yankee, I just can't do it. I couldn't pick up a rifle and shoot at the Southerners, I would have been a huge copperhead, actually I would have joined the P.A.C.S. just on republican (little r) principles.