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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... Unionists on the Defensive 66 90 5. The Unionist Argument 6. The Unionist Offensive 104 130 7. Measuring the ... Southern Unionists after the Proclamation 334 Epilogue : Rethinking the Secession Crisis 353 Appendix I : Multiple ...
... Unionists on the Defensive 66 90 5. The Unionist Argument 6. The Unionist Offensive 104 130 7. Measuring the ... Southern Unionists after the Proclamation 334 Epilogue : Rethinking the Secession Crisis 353 Appendix I : Multiple ...
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Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. In more tranquil ... southern Opposition , the bloc of twenty - three former Whigs who worked ... Unionists busily dispatched countless thousands of Union speeches to the ...
Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. In more tranquil ... southern Opposition , the bloc of twenty - three former Whigs who worked ... Unionists busily dispatched countless thousands of Union speeches to the ...
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Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. calling on Republicans to offer concessions that would allay southern fears and strengthen southern Unionists . Hatton condemned the in- stigators of secession in the deep ...
Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. calling on Republicans to offer concessions that would allay southern fears and strengthen southern Unionists . Hatton condemned the in- stigators of secession in the deep ...
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... Unionists " that Hatton “ again represent them in Congress . ” 1o Hatton's ideas suited his Unionist constituents ... southern Unionists in the Wilson County area , who grimly concluded that " Lincoln must be crazed . " Two months later ...
... Unionists " that Hatton “ again represent them in Congress . ” 1o Hatton's ideas suited his Unionist constituents ... southern Unionists in the Wilson County area , who grimly concluded that " Lincoln must be crazed . " Two months later ...
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Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. 1 UNIONIST PROFILES MOST literate Americans know that ... Southern Unionists acted on the hope that responsible moderates could somehow pre- vail . Their hope , if not their ...
Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts. 1 UNIONIST PROFILES MOST literate Americans know that ... Southern Unionists acted on the hope that responsible moderates could somehow pre- vail . Their hope , if not their ...
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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