In my second interview with the Dixie Heritage Hour, Dr. Ed DeVries and I discuss the history of the Ozark Baldknobbers.  Commonly described as a vigilante group that simply got out of hand, most people don't know that the original "Baldknobbers" were actually Unionists who bought seized land and cattle that were taken from Southern sympathizers during the war. The term "Baldknobbers" stemmed from the fact that the group met on treeless hill or mountain tops known as "bald knobs".