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How could families in the civil war be so close if they were on opposite sides?
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∙ 12y ago
That often happens in civil wars - they set brother against brother.
In the American Civil War, there were many families that had elements on both sides, especially in the border-states of Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland. Elsewhere this also came about through marriage.
The Confederate commander at Vicksburg, John C. Pemberton, was a Philadelphian who had married the daughter of a big farmer in Virginia and felt very caught up in the Southern life. When the war started, he resigned from the US Army and joined the Confederates, even though two of his brothers were officers in the Union army.
The Union General, George 'Rock of Chickamauga' Thomas, was a Virginian who had married a Northerner. When the war started, he declared that he had taken his oath to defend the United States, and saw no reason to join the Confederates. His family were so offended, they turned his portraits to face the wall, and never spoke to him again.
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