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. |
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... North Carolina : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 2-6 Tennessee : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 3-1 Vote Totals and Percentages , 1860 Presidential Election 3-2 Virginia : Estimated Distribution of ...
... North Carolina : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 2-6 Tennessee : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 3-1 Vote Totals and Percentages , 1860 Presidential Election 3-2 Virginia : Estimated Distribution of ...
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... North Carolina 364 A - 4 Multiple Regressions : Tennessee 365 A - 5 Estimated Voting Behavior of Virginia Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners , 1860-1861 368 A - 6 Estimated Voting Behavior of North Carolina Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners ...
... North Carolina 364 A - 4 Multiple Regressions : Tennessee 365 A - 5 Estimated Voting Behavior of Virginia Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners , 1860-1861 368 A - 6 Estimated Voting Behavior of North Carolina Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners ...
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... North Carolina Voting Patterns , February 1861 : Whig and Democratic Counties Contrasted 166 7-3 Tennessee Voting Patterns , February and June 1861 : Whig and Democratic Counties Contrasted 7-4 Virginia Voting Patterns , 1860-1861 : Low ...
... North Carolina Voting Patterns , February 1861 : Whig and Democratic Counties Contrasted 166 7-3 Tennessee Voting Patterns , February and June 1861 : Whig and Democratic Counties Contrasted 7-4 Virginia Voting Patterns , 1860-1861 : Low ...
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... North Carolina Counties and Regions in 1860 38 39 40 2-4 Percentage of Slaves in North Carolina's Population , by County , 1860 Census 41 2-5 Tennessee Counties and Regions in 1860 42 2-6 Percentage of Slaves in Tennessee's Population ...
... North Carolina Counties and Regions in 1860 38 39 40 2-4 Percentage of Slaves in North Carolina's Population , by County , 1860 Census 41 2-5 Tennessee Counties and Regions in 1860 42 2-6 Percentage of Slaves in Tennessee's Population ...
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... North and South did Virginia , North Carolina , Tennessee , and Arkansas align with the Confederacy . The focus of this book is on the three populous and pivotal states of Virginia , North Carolina , and Tennessee . These states ...
... North and South did Virginia , North Carolina , Tennessee , and Arkansas align with the Confederacy . The focus of this book is on the three populous and pivotal states of Virginia , North Carolina , and Tennessee . These states ...
Contents
Unionist Profiles | 8 |
Political Parties in the Late Antebellum Upper South | 37 |
The Political Origins of Upper South Unionism | 66 |
Unionists on the Defensive | 90 |
The Unionist Offensive | 104 |
The Unionist Offensive | 130 |
Measuring the Unionist Insurgency | 164 |
The Unionists and Compromise | 195 |
The Unionists Fort Sumter and the Proclamation for Seventyfive Thousand Troops | 308 |
Forced to Choose Sides Southern Unionists after the Proclamation | 334 |
Rethinking the Secession Crisis | 353 |
Multiple Regression Party Slavery and Secession | 361 |
Ecological Regression Estimating Voter Behavior | 367 |
Statistics Secession and the Historians | 376 |
Notes | 383 |
Bibliographical Essay | 457 |
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Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts Limited preview - 2014 |
Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts No preview available - 1993 |
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