Just in case this thread somehow develops into a defense of the Confederate States of America, the Overmountain Men and the soldiers from the Watauga settlement were in an area which later became one of the strongest pro-Union areas in the nation, North or South, during the Civil War. I suspect a good number, maybe even the majority, of the descendants of the Overmountain Men were Union supporters in the later war.
If the central role of the South in the Revelation is a generally unknown fact, the presence of significant southern mountain sentiment for Lincoln and the Union is another.
Interesting point that I, for one, was TOTALLY unaware of. Why were the descendants of the Overmountain Men Union-sympathizers?