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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... Unionist idea was to blame secession on a deliberate conspiracy . More forthright southern Unionists pointed a finger of blame directly at " Disunion Democrats . " The conspirators had spread the absurd idea that Republicans planned to ...
... Unionist idea was to blame secession on a deliberate conspiracy . More forthright southern Unionists pointed a finger of blame directly at " Disunion Democrats . " The conspirators had spread the absurd idea that Republicans planned to ...
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Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. majority of Republicans , Bell surmised , would now be " content to cease the war upon Southern interests and feelings . " 34 Immediately after Lincoln's election , many ...
Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. majority of Republicans , Bell surmised , would now be " content to cease the war upon Southern interests and feelings . " 34 Immediately after Lincoln's election , many ...
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... southern Unionists insisted that a coercive policy would make disunion permanent and so argued that only voluntary means could ever restore the Union . The hard - line Republican critics of a hands - off policy contended , by contrast ...
... southern Unionists insisted that a coercive policy would make disunion permanent and so argued that only voluntary means could ever restore the Union . The hard - line Republican critics of a hands - off policy contended , by contrast ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
PresidentElect Lincoln | 215 |
The Unionists and President Lincoln | 254 |
Copyright | |
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