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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... History and Biography . " Secession Winter : William Henry Seward and the Decision for War , " New York History 45 ( July 1984 ) : 229–56 . By permission of the New York State Historical Association . " The Union Party of 1861 and the ...
... History and Biography . " Secession Winter : William Henry Seward and the Decision for War , " New York History 45 ( July 1984 ) : 229–56 . By permission of the New York State Historical Association . " The Union Party of 1861 and the ...
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... history . By depicting Lincoln and Seward as responsible moderates who sought peace , Potter rejected the historical apologetics of his home region . What piqued the curi- osity of the young northerner reading Lincoln and His Party was ...
... history . By depicting Lincoln and Seward as responsible moderates who sought peace , Potter rejected the historical apologetics of his home region . What piqued the curi- osity of the young northerner reading Lincoln and His Party was ...
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... historical craft ultimately struggles alone , he or she draws essential support from fellow strugglers and other ... History , Judith Rowe and her staff in the Social Science division of the Princeton University Computer Center , and ...
... historical craft ultimately struggles alone , he or she draws essential support from fellow strugglers and other ... History , Judith Rowe and her staff in the Social Science division of the Princeton University Computer Center , and ...
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... History , Civil War History , Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , and New York History have graciously allowed me to incorporate material that originally appeared in somewhat different form in their journals . My parents ...
... History , Civil War History , Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , and New York History have graciously allowed me to incorporate material that originally appeared in somewhat different form in their journals . My parents ...
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... — each profoundly influenced the history of southern Unionism , as did Mas- sachusetts Congressman Charles Francis Adams . Southern Unionists already prominent or destined to become so included Kentucky Sen- 1. Unionist Profiles.
... — each profoundly influenced the history of southern Unionism , as did Mas- sachusetts Congressman Charles Francis Adams . Southern Unionists already prominent or destined to become so included Kentucky Sen- 1. Unionist Profiles.
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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