During the Civil War, these Union volunteers made enemies in McCoy territory through repeated guerilla attacks. William “Devil Anse” Hatfield, a member of Confederate irregulars known as 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 ...

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.

According to the Hatfield and McCoy Foundation, the feud began in the 1860s between the two groups, led by William Anderson Hatfield, known as “Devil Anse," and Randolph “Old Ranel” McCoy ...