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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... prevent the upper South from seceding gave legitimacy to the efforts of conciliatory Republicans , headed by the incoming secretary of state , William H. Seward . He tried to per- suade President Lincoln that a noncoercive " hands - off ...
... prevent the upper South from seceding gave legitimacy to the efforts of conciliatory Republicans , headed by the incoming secretary of state , William H. Seward . He tried to per- suade President Lincoln that a noncoercive " hands - off ...
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... prevented from completing their ritual there , the demonstrators retreated back to the college to dispatch the effigy . The troubles in Lebanon on April 1 reflected the growing estrangement between secessionists and Unionists and be ...
... prevented from completing their ritual there , the demonstrators retreated back to the college to dispatch the effigy . The troubles in Lebanon on April 1 reflected the growing estrangement between secessionists and Unionists and be ...
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... prevent war . Hind- sight suggests , of course , that the two objectives were contradictory- that the Union could have been preserved only by violent means , that disunion was an inevitable concomitant of peace . But hindsight also ...
... prevent war . Hind- sight suggests , of course , that the two objectives were contradictory- that the Union could have been preserved only by violent means , that disunion was an inevitable concomitant of peace . But hindsight also ...
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... prevent the situation from degenerating into war . Yet another prominent northerner played a significant role in the events to be chronicled below . Charles Francis Adams , the son and grandson of presidents , was finishing his first ...
... prevent the situation from degenerating into war . Yet another prominent northerner played a significant role in the events to be chronicled below . Charles Francis Adams , the son and grandson of presidents , was finishing his first ...
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... prevent any political clash between slaveowners and nonslaveowners which could threaten the security of the slave system . " National party leaders also had ample motivation to dampen disagreements regarding slavery . The Whig and ...
... prevent any political clash between slaveowners and nonslaveowners which could threaten the security of the slave system . " National party leaders also had ample motivation to dampen disagreements regarding slavery . The Whig and ...
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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