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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Page vii
... Late Antebellum Upper South 37 3. The Political Origins of Upper South Unionism 4. Unionists on the Defensive 66 90 5. The Unionist Argument 6. The Unionist Offensive 104 130 7. Measuring the Unionist Insurgency 164 8. The Unionists and ...
... Late Antebellum Upper South 37 3. The Political Origins of Upper South Unionism 4. Unionists on the Defensive 66 90 5. The Unionist Argument 6. The Unionist Offensive 104 130 7. Measuring the Unionist Insurgency 164 8. The Unionists and ...
Page xvi
... late 1860 , creating popular attitudes such as those described by William M. Clark . Closer two - party competition in the upper South , however , gave Whiggish opponents of secession a sub- stantial nucleus from which to build ...
... late 1860 , creating popular attitudes such as those described by William M. Clark . Closer two - party competition in the upper South , however , gave Whiggish opponents of secession a sub- stantial nucleus from which to build ...
Page xvii
... late December and early January . In parts of “ lower Vir- ginia " and the Democratic plantation counties of North Carolina , the initial secessionist wave looked irresistible . But in the upper South — unlike the lower South — the ...
... late December and early January . In parts of “ lower Vir- ginia " and the Democratic plantation counties of North Carolina , the initial secessionist wave looked irresistible . But in the upper South — unlike the lower South — the ...
Page xix
... late 1860 and early 1861 with an analysis of the Republican party's response to upper South Unionism . Such an approach reveals major aspects of the secession crisis that have here- tofore been neglected or misinterpreted . Indeed ...
... late 1860 and early 1861 with an analysis of the Republican party's response to upper South Unionism . Such an approach reveals major aspects of the secession crisis that have here- tofore been neglected or misinterpreted . Indeed ...
Page xxi
... late antebellum upper South , and by examining the response of sectional moderates there to the deepening crisis of the late 1850s and 1860 . Starting with Chapter 4 , which capsules the growth of secession sentiment in the upper South ...
... late antebellum upper South , and by examining the response of sectional moderates there to the deepening crisis of the late 1850s and 1860 . Starting with Chapter 4 , which capsules the growth of secession sentiment in the upper South ...
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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