![]() ![]() ![]() The majority of the Hatfields, although living in Mingo County (then part of Logan County), fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War most McCoys also fought for the Confederates, with the exception of Asa Harmon McCoy, who fought for the Union. The McCoy family lived primarily on the Kentucky side of the Tug Fork the Hatfields lived mostly on the West Virginia side. The feud has entered the American folklore lexicon as a metonym for any bitterly feuding rival parties. Those involved in the feud were descended from Joseph Hatfield and William McCoy (born c. 1750). The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, while the McCoys of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy. The Hatfield–McCoy Feud involved two American families of the West Virginia– Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River from 1863 to 1891. ![]()
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