The Fishing Creek Confederacy was an alleged military uprising Change_of_leadership in northern Columbia County , Pennsylvania and southern Sullivan County , Pennsylvania during the American Civil War Military_operation .

By the summer of 1864 , rumors had begun Process_start to circulate that these deserters and draft evaders , as well as Confederate sympathizers , had built Building a fort with cannons on North Mountain , not far from the headwaters of Fishing Creek .

On August 21 , 1864 , the soldiers began Process_start traveling Traveling up Fishing Creek .

The soldiers continued heading Self_motion into the northernmost reaches Arriving of the Fishing Creek watershed .

The events Social_event of the Fishing Creek Confederacy were widely covered Communication in both Democratic and Republican newspapers .