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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... Republicans were “ blind ” to the danger and indisposed to take any action to avert it . He feared that civil war was " inevitable . ” New Year's Day dawned " bright ” and “ cheerful , " but Hatton thought “ the sky is dark ...
... Republicans were “ blind ” to the danger and indisposed to take any action to avert it . He feared that civil war was " inevitable . ” New Year's Day dawned " bright ” and “ cheerful , " but Hatton thought “ the sky is dark ...
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... Republicans dominated the political horizon , Hat- ton had lost touch with the mood of the Tennessee electorate . A strong resurgence of Unionism had taken place . His home county , reflecting its Whig proclivities , displayed emphatic ...
... Republicans dominated the political horizon , Hat- ton had lost touch with the mood of the Tennessee electorate . A strong resurgence of Unionism had taken place . His home county , reflecting its Whig proclivities , displayed emphatic ...
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... Republican party , with which he would soon affiliate , as to call his southern loyalties into question . His tie - breaking vote , the only one so cast from a slave state , allowed Republicans to elect New Jersey's William Pennington ...
... Republican party , with which he would soon affiliate , as to call his southern loyalties into question . His tie - breaking vote , the only one so cast from a slave state , allowed Republicans to elect New Jersey's William Pennington ...
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... republican belief system , they framed their rhetoric in “ egalitarian republican language ” to stir the passions of ordinary vot- ers . Party leaders deliberately , sometimes cynically , learned to ma- nipulate the " popular dread of ...
... republican belief system , they framed their rhetoric in “ egalitarian republican language ” to stir the passions of ordinary vot- ers . Party leaders deliberately , sometimes cynically , learned to ma- nipulate the " popular dread of ...
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... Republican party , joined by an increment of antislavery Democrats and a surge of new voters . But the Republican party , unlike the Whig party , had no need to straddle on sectional issues to conciliate a southern wing . Republicans ...
... Republican party , joined by an increment of antislavery Democrats and a surge of new voters . But the Republican party , unlike the Whig party , had no need to straddle on sectional issues to conciliate a southern wing . Republicans ...
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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