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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... Governor William B. Campbell thought the cotton states had no legitimate complaints about the federal government . He tried to persuade an Alabama cousin that secession was " unwise and impolitic , " liable to speed “ the ruin and ...
... Governor William B. Campbell thought the cotton states had no legitimate complaints about the federal government . He tried to persuade an Alabama cousin that secession was " unwise and impolitic , " liable to speed “ the ruin and ...
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... below compara- ble figures for the deep South cotton belt . A comfortable and pros- perous corner of the Old South , Wilson County achieved special emi- nence as a generator of Whig talent . Former governor PROLOGUE Prologue.
... below compara- ble figures for the deep South cotton belt . A comfortable and pros- perous corner of the Old South , Wilson County achieved special emi- nence as a generator of Whig talent . Former governor PROLOGUE Prologue.
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... governor and U.S. Senator James C. Jones originally came from the county ; former gov- ernor and Mexican War hero William B. Campbell moved to Leba- non as a young man ; state supreme court justice Robert L. Caruth- ers , a former ...
... governor and U.S. Senator James C. Jones originally came from the county ; former gov- ernor and Mexican War hero William B. Campbell moved to Leba- non as a young man ; state supreme court justice Robert L. Caruth- ers , a former ...
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... governors , Tennessee's William G. Brownlow and North Carolina's William W. Holden , built mass support for the Union cause during the secession crisis . Several other southern Unionists appeared in early 1861 to have bright futures ...
... governors , Tennessee's William G. Brownlow and North Carolina's William W. Holden , built mass support for the Union cause during the secession crisis . Several other southern Unionists appeared in early 1861 to have bright futures ...
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... governor of New York from 1839 to 1843 , had stood in the national spotlight even longer than Douglas . Both had served in the U.S. Senate since the late 1840s and had repeatedly clashed there . Widely judged the most talented ...
... governor of New York from 1839 to 1843 , had stood in the national spotlight even longer than Douglas . Both had served in the U.S. Senate since the late 1840s and had repeatedly clashed there . Widely judged the most talented ...
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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