Dang Irishguy, I just did a quick history lesson. I never knew that and sure would have thought the opposite of Winston co.
A lot of North Alabama felt the same way. I obviously wasn't alive back then to know the true stories, but I would imagine most of the places like Dekalb and Jackson counties were not pro-Confederacy.
More reading on the subject...
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1850