My great grandfathers were all in the civil war and one was a yank from east Tennessee. Men from East Tennessee joined the Army of The Cumberland, U.S.A. because that area was in the Applichian Mountains and was not suitable for large plantations and the use of slaves. Just small farms were common in that area and most of the population went with the Union.

Pvt. William Elijay Gilmer (half Cherokee)
Drummer Boy
14th Georgia Infantry Rgt.
Buried: Smith Cemetery
Lampasas County, TX

Pvt. Joshua D. Coffee
Col. P.C. Hardeman's 1st Texas Cavalry Rgt.
Arizona Brigade (never in Arizona-New Mexico Terr.)
C.S.A.
Transferred to:
Col. J. G. Bourland's Border Regiment
Maj. J.R. Diamond's Brush Battalion
C.S.A.
Buried: Mukewater Cemetery
Brown County,TX

Pvt. Peyton Green Whaley
Col. James Code Monroe's 1st Arkansas Cavalry Rgt.
C.S.A.
Buried: Mukewater Cemetery
Brown County, TX

1st Lt. Andrew Jackson Webb
2nd Tennessee Cavalry Rgt.
Gen. Rosecran's Army of the Cumberland
U.S.A.
Buried: Blanket Cemetery
Blanket, Brown County, TX

All my great grandfathers survived the war without any wounds and died from 1914 to 1918.