We didn't ignore them in Texas. :) We put a noose around their necks and hanged them! :)
Y'all must of had a higher grade of confederate out in Texas. I think some of the ones over here were operating on low wattage brainpower. They raised (coerced) a regiment from a pro-Union region (including my GG grandpa) and as soon as it came in contact with the Union army, the nominal confederate soldiers started to go over to the Yankees en masse. The problem for East Tennesseans who wanted to fight for the Union army was how to get into contact with the USA and here many men made it courtesy of the confederate army! I think the captain in charge of my ancestor's company might have even become a Union officer. I believe they became a lot more careful in raising regiments over here after that fiasco. :)