[Colonel Kangaroo]

From what I've read, there was strong pockets of Quakers in the Southern highlands. It's been suggested that the mountain South was one of the strongest areas for abolition outside of New England.

There was a lot of independent people of high ideals in the South who overcame great hardships to even reach the US Army.

In contrast to the mass of more reluctant southerners conscripted into the Confederate army, these dedicated men did not desert in large numbers when the going got tough.

[colorado tanker]

They were from Guilford County, where the Underground Railroad was active, although I don't know for sure if they were active in that.

Most Union support in the South came from higher ground. Those areas provided most of what Republican votes there were during the era of the Solid South.