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. "Crofts's study focuses on Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, but it includes analyses of the North and Deep South as well. As a result, his volume presents the views of all parties to the sectional conflict and offers a vivid portrait of the interaction between them.--American Historical Review "Refocuses our attention on an important but surprisingly neglected group--the Unionists of the upper South during the secession crisis, who have been too readily ignored by other historians.--Journal of Southern History |
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... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Crofts , Daniel W. Reluctant Confederates : upper South unionists in the secession crisis / by Daniel W. Crofts . p . cm .— ( Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies ) Bibliography : p ...
... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Crofts , Daniel W. Reluctant Confederates : upper South unionists in the secession crisis / by Daniel W. Crofts . p . cm .— ( Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies ) Bibliography : p ...
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... Congress- man Henry Winter Davis and Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden played key roles in formulating Unionist strategy . Their public pro- nouncements and private papers , along with newspapers such as the Louisville Journal and the ...
... Congress- man Henry Winter Davis and Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden played key roles in formulating Unionist strategy . Their public pro- nouncements and private papers , along with newspapers such as the Louisville Journal and the ...
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... Congress and the so - called Peace Con- ference to secure a compromise on the vexing symbolic issue of slav- ery in the territories . The response of the Republican party to south- ern Unionism — at once enthusiastic and suspicious ...
... Congress and the so - called Peace Con- ference to secure a compromise on the vexing symbolic issue of slav- ery in the territories . The response of the Republican party to south- ern Unionism — at once enthusiastic and suspicious ...
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... congress- man sent to his wife , disdainfully describing the glitter , egotistical display , and drinking habits of Washington society , show that he prized self - control and restraint as much as any Yankee reformer.3 Hatton , even if ...
... congress- man sent to his wife , disdainfully describing the glitter , egotistical display , and drinking habits of Washington society , show that he prized self - control and restraint as much as any Yankee reformer.3 Hatton , even if ...
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... Congress . Hatton won renomination at this meeting and at similar ones held in other counties in the district . A newspaper in the next county reported it “ the universal desire of the Unionists " that Hatton “ again represent them in ...
... Congress . Hatton won renomination at this meeting and at similar ones held in other counties in the district . A newspaper in the next county reported it “ the universal desire of the Unionists " that Hatton “ again represent them in ...
Contents
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3 The Political Origins of Upper South Unionism | 66 |
4 Unionists on the Defensive | 90 |
5 The Unionist Argument | 104 |
6 The Unionist Offensive | 130 |
7 Measuring the Unionist Insurgency | 164 |
11 Reversal of the HandsOff Policy | 289 |
12 The Unionists Fort Sumter and the Proclamation for Seventyfive Thousand Troops | 308 |
Southern Unionists after the Proclamation | 334 |
Rethinking the Secession Crisis | 353 |
Multiple RegressionParty Slavery and Secession | 361 |
Ecological RegressionEstimating Voter Behavior | 367 |
Statistics Secession and the Historians | 376 |
Notes | 383 |
8 The Unionists and Compromise | 195 |
9 The Unionists the Republican Party and PresidentElect Lincoln | 215 |
10 The Unionists and President LincolnThe March 1861 Rapprochement | 254 |
Bibliographical Essay | 457 |
Index | 481 |
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