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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... Richmond . “ The majority of this Con- vention is more basely submissive than I had supposed possible , ” he fumed.5 The ability of Unionists to prevent the upper South from seceding gave legitimacy to the efforts of conciliatory ...
... Richmond . “ The majority of this Con- vention is more basely submissive than I had supposed possible , ” he fumed.5 The ability of Unionists to prevent the upper South from seceding gave legitimacy to the efforts of conciliatory ...
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... Richmond . One week later , at Seven Pines , Hatton was killed instantly while leading his troops across an open field against well - positioned federal forces . Hatton's home , the " pretty country town " of Lebanon , stands at the ...
... Richmond . One week later , at Seven Pines , Hatton was killed instantly while leading his troops across an open field against well - positioned federal forces . Hatton's home , the " pretty country town " of Lebanon , stands at the ...
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... “ Now is the time for action ; the time for speaking has passed . " 13 Act he did . Within barely a year , as a Confederate brigadier general , he lay dead on the battlefield outside Richmond . His death , 6 | Reluctant Confederates.
... “ Now is the time for action ; the time for speaking has passed . " 13 Act he did . Within barely a year , as a Confederate brigadier general , he lay dead on the battlefield outside Richmond . His death , 6 | Reluctant Confederates.
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... Richmond . His death , at the age of thirty - five , marked the ironic end to a tragically shortened life . The commemorative statue later erected in Lebanon , in the same town square where the pro - Confederate students tried to burn ...
... Richmond . His death , at the age of thirty - five , marked the ironic end to a tragically shortened life . The commemorative statue later erected in Lebanon , in the same town square where the pro - Confederate students tried to burn ...
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... Richmond ( County ) Northumberland Rock- Alleghany bridge Nelson Northampton sylvania Halifax Mathews Charles City James City York Elizabeth City Warwick Princess Anne Piedmont Key less than 10 percent 10 to 30.5 percent Note. Hancock ...
... Richmond ( County ) Northumberland Rock- Alleghany bridge Nelson Northampton sylvania Halifax Mathews Charles City James City York Elizabeth City Warwick Princess Anne Piedmont Key less than 10 percent 10 to 30.5 percent Note. Hancock ...
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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