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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... would seek re- union through a " hands - off ” policy , thereby allowing them to con- solidate power in the upper South . Chapter 11 explains why Lincoln decided instead that war offered the only hope for restoring Preface | xxi.
... would seek re- union through a " hands - off ” policy , thereby allowing them to con- solidate power in the upper South . Chapter 11 explains why Lincoln decided instead that war offered the only hope for restoring Preface | xxi.
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... hope for restoring the Union . Chapters 12 and 13 dissect the extraordinary final phase of the crisis . Lincoln's proclamation calling for seventy - five thousand troops , which forced the upper South to choose sides in a war , un ...
... hope for restoring the Union . Chapters 12 and 13 dissect the extraordinary final phase of the crisis . Lincoln's proclamation calling for seventy - five thousand troops , which forced the upper South to choose sides in a war , un ...
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... hope that both will see this book as a tangible repayment of a long overdue obligation . I wish especially to thank Steve Kurtz for stirring my interest in historical study and Vann Woodward for supporting my decision to tackle a new ...
... hope that both will see this book as a tangible repayment of a long overdue obligation . I wish especially to thank Steve Kurtz for stirring my interest in historical study and Vann Woodward for supporting my decision to tackle a new ...
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... hope they know me the better for it . Elizabeth M. Crofts has cheer- fully tolerated me and my boxes of notes and the way I have con- verted one room after another of our home into a study or library . Busy with the demands of her own ...
... hope they know me the better for it . Elizabeth M. Crofts has cheer- fully tolerated me and my boxes of notes and the way I have con- verted one room after another of our home into a study or library . Busy with the demands of her own ...
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... hope that responsible moderates could somehow pre- vail . Their hope , if not their specific remedies , claimed broad sup- port in the North . The secession crisis cannot be properly under- stood without examining what southern ...
... hope that responsible moderates could somehow pre- vail . Their hope , if not their specific remedies , claimed broad sup- port in the North . The secession crisis cannot be properly under- stood without examining what southern ...
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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