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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... leaders in both parties was to identify and crusade against such “ antirepublican monsters . " During the 1830s the specter of the " monster bank ” seemed to many Americans the greatest threat to liberty , after Andrew Jackson warned ...
... leaders in both parties was to identify and crusade against such “ antirepublican monsters . " During the 1830s the specter of the " monster bank ” seemed to many Americans the greatest threat to liberty , after Andrew Jackson warned ...
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... leaders and en- gage and hold the loyalties of the mass electorate . Of the three states considered here , Tennessee consistently had the highest levels of voter turnout.39 A COMPARATIVE glance at the careers of Henry Wise , William ...
... leaders and en- gage and hold the loyalties of the mass electorate . Of the three states considered here , Tennessee consistently had the highest levels of voter turnout.39 A COMPARATIVE glance at the careers of Henry Wise , William ...
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... leaders and their constituents to reject se- cession . “ I doubt whether you are fully aware of the immense influ- ence you have with the people , and therefore of the great responsi- bility resting on you in this crisis , " Gordon ...
... leaders and their constituents to reject se- cession . “ I doubt whether you are fully aware of the immense influ- ence you have with the people , and therefore of the great responsi- bility resting on you in this crisis , " Gordon ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
PresidentElect Lincoln | 215 |
The Unionists and President Lincoln | 254 |
Copyright | |
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