In Cumberland County and across Tennessee, the Civil War touched small towns, farms, houses, mills, rivers, railroads, and historic main streets as battles, military leadership, slavery, secession, and divided loyalties shaped communities. Some communities were split over secession and slavery, creating a war within a war that left deep and lasting scars. The state seceded and supplied 120,000 soldiers to Confederate armies, but United States sentiment remained strong, especially in East Tennessee. Tennessee also saw 31,000 white Tennesseans fight for the Union, more than any other Confederate state. The conflict in Tennessee also included some of the state's 275,000 enslaved men and women who self-emancipated and 20,000 self-liberated warriors who fought for freedom in the U.S. Colored Troops. More battles were fought in Tennessee than in any other state except Virginia.