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==Civil War, Eastern Tennessee resists secession and Confederacy==

==Civil War, Eastern Tennessee resists secession and Confederacy==

The Eastern portion of Tennessee, located within the [[Appalachian Mountains]], were unsuitable for plantation farming and were a stronghold for anti-slavery forces in the South. Residents in the area maintained a strong sense of Unionism when the Civil War broke out, and Houk participated in the 1891 Union Convention.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/>

The Eastern portion of Tennessee, located within the [[Appalachian Mountains]], were unsuitable for plantation farming and were a stronghold for anti-slavery forces in the South. Residents in the area maintained a strong sense of Unionism when the Civil War broke out, and Houk participated in the 1861 Union Convention.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/>

Organizing the First Tennessee Infantry, Houk served under several different ranks on the side of the Union.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He later left the military in 1863 due to poor health, and wrote articles for the press expressing pro-Union statements.

Organizing the First Tennessee Infantry, Houk served under several different ranks on the side of the Union.<ref name=tennesseeencyclopedia/> He later left the military in 1863 due to poor health, and wrote articles for the press expressing pro-Union statements.