Quakers of the Society of Friends at Cane Creek were early antislavery supporters of the Underground Railroad, and during the Civil War, as Alamance County residents chose sides, Confederacy supporters regarded them as Unionists and pressured them to conform. In trying to enforce conscription acts, the government sought to persuade Quaker conscripts to renounce their faith and also subjected them to physical and psychological violence. Solomon Frazier of neighboring Randolph County paid a $500 fine early in the war to avoid conscription, but by 1864, when Confederate manpower needs had become acute, he was arrested and taken to the prison at Salisbury. There he was beaten in an effort to make him renounce his beliefs, but he refused on religious grounds to take up the gun or serve as a prison guard. When an officer became furious with him, Frazier answered, “If it is thy duty to inflict this punishment on me, do it cheerfully; don’t get angry about it.” When rifle barrels were leveled at his face, he calmly said, “It is the Sabbath and as good a day to die as any.” He survived both this mistreatment and the war. William Thompson, conscripted from this Meeting, was killed at Gettysburg, leaving a wife, Martha, and small children. At least seven Confederate veterans are buried in the cemetery a mile west, reflecting the Friends’ spirit of forgiveness toward those who did take up the gun. As a minister for this Meeting, Isham Cox became the spokesman for the Quaker community to surrounding faiths, and his service on the Yearly Meeting’s Committee on Suffering led him to seek better treatment for Solomon Frazier during his confinement. Because of Cox’s prestige with the North Carolina government, he finally secured Frazier’s release.