Campbell County, Tennessee, is part of a landscape where the Civil War touched small towns, farms, houses, and mills as families were swept into conflict and communities were divided over secession and slavery in a "war within a war" that left deep scars. In Tennessee, some of the state's 275,000 enslaved men and women self-emancipated, and 20,000 self-liberated warriors fought for freedom in the U.S. Colored Troops. Although the state seceded and supplied 120,000 soldiers to Confederate armies, United States sentiment remained strong, especially in eastern Tennessee, and 31,000 white Tennesseans fought for the Union, more than in any other Confederate state. More battles were fought in Tennessee than in any other state except Virginia.