Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession CrisisDaniel Crofts examines Unionists in three pivotal southern states--Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee--and shows why the outbreak of the war enabled the Confederacy to gain the allegiance of these essential, if ambivalent, governments. |
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... Washington and meets Seward on Saturday . A tremendous influence headed by Chase is now at work to force Seward out and Lincoln has not declared himself . " The sympathies of the Adams clan were emphatically pro- Seward . " If Lincoln ...
... Washington and meets Seward on Saturday . A tremendous influence headed by Chase is now at work to force Seward out and Lincoln has not declared himself . " The sympathies of the Adams clan were emphatically pro- Seward . " If Lincoln ...
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... Washington , appeared at the state capitol in Richmond , where the Virginia convention was meeting , to see Sum- mers . The visitor reported that he had been enlisted by Seward to bring Summers to Washington . Seward had taken Magruder ...
... Washington , appeared at the state capitol in Richmond , where the Virginia convention was meeting , to see Sum- mers . The visitor reported that he had been enlisted by Seward to bring Summers to Washington . Seward had taken Magruder ...
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... Washington County , N.C. , 155 , 337 Washington ( D.C. ) Evening Star : quoted , 277 Water : metaphors concerning tides and torrents of , 90 , 152-53 , 231 , 240 , 329 Watterson , Harvey , 147 Webster , Daniel , 32 , 67 , 102 , 237 ...
... Washington County , N.C. , 155 , 337 Washington ( D.C. ) Evening Star : quoted , 277 Water : metaphors concerning tides and torrents of , 90 , 152-53 , 231 , 240 , 329 Watterson , Harvey , 147 Webster , Daniel , 32 , 67 , 102 , 237 ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
PresidentElect Lincoln | 215 |
The Unionists and President Lincoln | 254 |
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