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The subject of wartime loyalties can be a tricky one, with many vested interests governing what is acceptable and encouraged in society. With an eye toward controlling this variable, to what governments and for what reasons were the citizens of the Chowan River Basin loyal? The answer unsurprisingly is a complex one, with some having loyalties of convenience to cover for activities of terror, to others being loyal enough to volunteer at the outset of war for military service. The memory of these loyalties are equally diverse and contentious.