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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... constitutional principles against what they perceived as corrupt , tyrannical oppression . They believed themselves fighting for the same cause as the patriots of 1776. So it was that Edmund Ruffin could return in triumph to Richmond on ...
... constitutional principles against what they perceived as corrupt , tyrannical oppression . They believed themselves fighting for the same cause as the patriots of 1776. So it was that Edmund Ruffin could return in triumph to Richmond on ...
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... Constitutional Union party nominated Bell for president . Bell did carry three states : his and Crittenden's home states of Kentucky and Tennessee , plus Vir- ginia . But hopes that Bell could emerge as the victor in an election decided ...
... Constitutional Union party nominated Bell for president . Bell did carry three states : his and Crittenden's home states of Kentucky and Tennessee , plus Vir- ginia . But hopes that Bell could emerge as the victor in an election decided ...
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... Constitutional Conven- tion of 1850-51 , where he championed western interests and engi- neered the key compromise agreement on apportionment . Under the new constitution voters for the first time had the opportunity to elect their ...
... Constitutional Conven- tion of 1850-51 , where he championed western interests and engi- neered the key compromise agreement on apportionment . Under the new constitution voters for the first time had the opportunity to elect their ...
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... constitutional strug- gles simmered in both states during the antebellum era . Tennessee decided in 1834 to follow the western pattern of democratized pro- cedures on apportionment , taxation , and qualifications . But geogra- phy and ...
... constitutional strug- gles simmered in both states during the antebellum era . Tennessee decided in 1834 to follow the western pattern of democratized pro- cedures on apportionment , taxation , and qualifications . But geogra- phy and ...
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... Constitutional Unionists " in 1860 . Though not powerless - they held twenty - three seats in the House of Representatives in 1860 , almost all from the upper South - the southern Opposition was dwarfed by two larger hostile blocs , the ...
... Constitutional Unionists " in 1860 . Though not powerless - they held twenty - three seats in the House of Representatives in 1860 , almost all from the upper South - the southern Opposition was dwarfed by two larger hostile blocs , the ...
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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