당시 전라좌수사 이봉호는 동학교인에 대해 호의적이어서인지 그 부하 중에서도 상당수가 동조했던 것 같다.
As Yi Bong-ho, the Naval Commander of Left Jeolla Province, was sympathetic to the people of Donghak, many of his subordinates seemed to be in agreement with him.