That means Costner is playing the lead Hatfield, William Anderson, commonly known by friends and foes as Devil Anse. Paxton is playing the lead McCoy, here called Randall (although many sources ...

Opening during the Civil War and airing over three successive nights, the production introduces Devil Anse Hatfield (Costner) and Randall McCoy (Paxton) fighting side by side for the Confederacy.

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 the beginning, Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield and Randolph "Randall" McCoy, were friends. Hatfield lived on the West Virginia side of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, which snaked along the ...

Episode 1 airs at 5 p.m. tonight (A Hatfield murders a McCoy; Randall McCoy's daughter and Devil Anse Hatfield's son begin a forbidden love affair). • Episode 2 airs at 7 p.m. tonight.

Devil Anse Hatfield (Kevin Costner) and Randall McCoy (Bill Paxton) fought together in the Civil War, until Hatfield mounted his horse and returned home to his wife in West Virginia in the midst ...

But the rest of the world was fascinated with the story of the two clans, led by Randolph McCoy (known as "Old Randall") and William Anderson Hatfield (called "Devil Anse," though exactly why isn ...

According to records, Randall McCoy died in 1914 and Devil Anse Hatfield in 1921. "Randall let all of the feuding get to him, and he eventually went crazy and died in a house fire," Roberts said.

We know a lot more about that today.” Randall McCoy and Devil Anse Hatfield knew about its impact. The just had no idea it would someday have a name. One of the most revealing scenes about Devil ...

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 ...

Pipestem Resort State Park has added another name to its “West Virginia Hall of Fame,” a display which honors the lives of ...

Hatfields & McCoys debuts tonight on History at 9 p.m. Eastern. Even casual students of history know the names Hatfield and McCoy, and immediately associate those families with the very concept of ...