Sympathy for the Confederate Cause in Southern California, 1860-1865.

The article discusses support for the Confederacy among southern California settlers prior to and during the U.S. Civil War. According to the article, several settlers in southern California were originally from Missouri and expressed public support for the secessionist movement of the U.S. southern states. The article describes the significant tension between southern Californians who supported the Confederates and the U.S. Army and Union sympathizers following the start of the Civil War.