I have both Tories and others who sided with those who wanted American Independence. I also have both Union and Confederate ancestors. ALL FROM NORTH CAROLINA. So you are right, there were southerners who wereonthe Union side in the Civil War. And many of the Tories including at least some who fought at Widow Moore's Bridge later took the oath and at this distance in time there are actually descendants who belong to the DAR and SAR based on their having taken the oath. One historian states that only about one fourth of American colonists actively supported the revolutionaries, while another fourth actively were loyalists, while a full half were indifferent to the whole thing. But from this distance it is obvious that independence was right thing for those thirteen colonies. Likewise, with due respect for my Confederate ancestors, it was a good thing the Union won the Civil War. Had that not been the case we might have long been divided and would never have become the powerful nation that we are today. But the bottom line is that no human being should ever be the property of another human being. -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Whitaker <elwhitaker@SHTC.NET> To: NCORANGE-L@rootsweb.com <NCORANGE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, November 16, 1997 3:05 PM Subject: Re: Tories >At 06:02 PM 11/13/97 -0600, Larry Noah wrote: >[snip] >> There were loyalists in the county. I have no problem that I have >>loyalist as ancestors even if they did fight on the loosing side. I would >>also have no problem if I found ancestors fighting on the winning side of >>the Civil War. We are here to find our roots - not to judge our ancestors. > >Excellent point. btw, there are at least two books on Southerners >on the Union side in the Civil War. One is Bushwhackers: The Civil >War in North Carolina: The Mountains. The other [I don't have the >title since I don't own the book and I didn't take notes on it.] has >a *lot* of NC information, particularly from the Piedmont and >further east. (I have a relative who owns a copy and I plan to do my >best to talk him out of his copy.<g>) > >Elizabeth Whitaker >elwhitaker@shtc.net >computer columnist, THE BETHUNE PAW PRINT >http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~elwhitaker (new version) > > > >==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== >Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list >Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange >USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm > > > > ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm