Southern Unionists

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Southern Unionists were white Southerners during the American Civil War era who opposed secession and remained loyal to the United States.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Arkansas Unionists 1
East Tennessee Unionists 1
Southern Unionists canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War faction
Unionist movement
political group
alliedWith Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party during Reconstruction
alsoKnownAs Southern loyalists
Union men of the South
country United States of America
surface form: United States
engagedIn guerrilla warfare against Confederacy
ethnicGroup white Southerners
faced confiscation of property
imprisonment
social ostracism
violence
formed Union regiments from Confederate states
hadSubgroup Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arkansas Unionists

Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
surface form: East Tennessee Unionists

Louisiana Unionists
North Carolina Unionists
surface form: Missouri Unionists

North Alabama Unionists
North Carolina Unionists
Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Texas Unionists

Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
surface form: West Virginia Unionists
included mountain residents
non-slaveholding whites
small farmers
some slaveholders
influencedEvent Unionist state governments in occupied South
creation of West Virginia
language English
location Southern United States
surface form: American South
opposed radical secessionists
secession
opposedBy Confederate States of America
surface form: Confederate government

Confederate sympathizers
participatedIn American Civil War
persecutedBy Confederate authorities
local secessionists
politicalAlignment pro-Union
politicalGoal opposition to Confederate independence
preservation of the United States
provided intelligence to Union forces
region Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian South

Deep South urban centers
Upper South
supported Union
supportedMilitary Union Army
supportedPolicy Reconstruction measures
timePeriod American Civil War
Reconstruction era

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrew Johnson supportedBy Southern Unionists
Southern Unionists hadSubgroup Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: East Tennessee Unionists
Southern Unionists hadSubgroup Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: West Virginia Unionists
Southern Unionists hadSubgroup Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arkansas Unionists
Southern Unionists hadSubgroup Southern Unionists self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Texas Unionists