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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... remained Unionists until confronted by Lincoln's procla- mation . We may therefore identify and study “ upper South Unionists in the secession crisis . " The upper South included eight states , but in this study the term will typically ...
... remained Unionists until confronted by Lincoln's procla- mation . We may therefore identify and study “ upper South Unionists in the secession crisis . " The upper South included eight states , but in this study the term will typically ...
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... remained prominent in the state legislature . His brother William B. Stokes , who lived in adjoin- ing DeKalb County , won election to the U.S. House in 1859 from what the legislature had intended as a Democratic seat.2 Robert Hatton ...
... remained prominent in the state legislature . His brother William B. Stokes , who lived in adjoin- ing DeKalb County , won election to the U.S. House in 1859 from what the legislature had intended as a Democratic seat.2 Robert Hatton ...
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... remained in the Union . Reports indicated that Lincoln would adopt a peaceful policy and avoid an armed clash with the seceding states . Late in March , Hatton noted : “ All is quiet here . Secession is making no head- way . Can't for ...
... remained in the Union . Reports indicated that Lincoln would adopt a peaceful policy and avoid an armed clash with the seceding states . Late in March , Hatton noted : “ All is quiet here . Secession is making no head- way . Can't for ...
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... remained loyal Unionists until re- ceiving word about Lincoln's proclamation calling for seventy - five thousand troops , shortly after the fall of Fort Sumter . That changed everything . The proclamation came as an “ awful shock ” to ...
... remained loyal Unionists until re- ceiving word about Lincoln's proclamation calling for seventy - five thousand troops , shortly after the fall of Fort Sumter . That changed everything . The proclamation came as an “ awful shock ” to ...
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... remained a pronounced Unionist during the secession crisis . Though less visible than Crittenden because he no longer sat in Con- gress , Bell nevertheless cautioned against secession in public letters and speeches and tried to calm ...
... remained a pronounced Unionist during the secession crisis . Though less visible than Crittenden because he no longer sat in Con- gress , Bell nevertheless cautioned against secession in public letters and speeches and tried to calm ...
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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