In 1882, Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield's brother was murdered by three sons of Randolph McCoy. Within a matter of days, Devil Anse and his ad hoc militia executed the three McCoys.

Dils, organizer of the 39th Mounted Infantry fighting for the Union in Confederate territory, and William "Devil Anse" Hatfield were enemies from the start as Hatfield was the Lieutenant of the ...

At the center of the of the conflict were the two family patriarchs: William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield and Randolph McCoy. As legend has it, two neighboring families in the backwoods of ...