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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... W. Crofts. A - 11 Estimates of 1860-1861 Voting Behavior in Twenty - two Lowest - Slaveholding ( Less Than 25 Percent ) North Carolina Counties 375 FIGURES 7-1 Virginia Voting Patterns , February 1861 : Whig Tables | xi.
... W. Crofts. A - 11 Estimates of 1860-1861 Voting Behavior in Twenty - two Lowest - Slaveholding ( Less Than 25 Percent ) North Carolina Counties 375 FIGURES 7-1 Virginia Voting Patterns , February 1861 : Whig Tables | xi.
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... less impressive , as would its ability to make good on that claim . Our understanding of secession draws primarily on the experience of the lower South or cotton states , which abruptly left the Union after Lincoln's election . From ...
... less impressive , as would its ability to make good on that claim . Our understanding of secession draws primarily on the experience of the lower South or cotton states , which abruptly left the Union after Lincoln's election . From ...
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... less expected that secessionists would reconsider their rash action , thereby allowing peaceful restoration of the Union . The Unionist coalition in the upper South was composed primarily of Whigs , often simply called “ Opposition " by ...
... less expected that secessionists would reconsider their rash action , thereby allowing peaceful restoration of the Union . The Unionist coalition in the upper South was composed primarily of Whigs , often simply called “ Opposition " by ...
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... handling of the entire crisis . Every American since the Civil War has had a clear mental image of the tall , sinewy sixteenth president with the unforgettably expres- sive face . But until 1860 , Lincoln was less Unionist Profiles | 9.
... handling of the entire crisis . Every American since the Civil War has had a clear mental image of the tall , sinewy sixteenth president with the unforgettably expres- sive face . But until 1860 , Lincoln was less Unionist Profiles | 9.
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... less well known than his great Illinois rival , Stephen A. Douglas . For a generation the two had done battle , and ... less than two months after the start of the war , abruptly ended the career of the most national northern leader of ...
... less well known than his great Illinois rival , Stephen A. Douglas . For a generation the two had done battle , and ... less than two months after the start of the war , abruptly ended the career of the most national northern leader of ...
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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