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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... Counties in 1860 2-2 Virginia : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 2-3 Virginia East of the Blue Ridge : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 2-4 Virginia West of the Blue Ridge : Correlation Coefficients ...
... Counties in 1860 2-2 Virginia : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 2-3 Virginia East of the Blue Ridge : Correlation Coefficients , Whig Voting , 1848-1861 2-4 Virginia West of the Blue Ridge : Correlation Coefficients ...
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... Daniel 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.
... Daniel 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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... Counties Contrasted 165 7-2 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 ...
... Counties Contrasted 165 7-2 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 ...
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... Counties and Regions in 1860 2-2 Percentage of Slaves in Virginia's Population , by County , 1860 Census 2-3 North Carolina Counties and Regions in 1860 38 39 40 2-4 Percentage of Slaves in North Carolina's Population , by County , 1860 ...
... Counties and Regions in 1860 2-2 Percentage of Slaves in Virginia's Population , by County , 1860 Census 2-3 North Carolina Counties and Regions in 1860 38 39 40 2-4 Percentage of Slaves in North Carolina's Population , by County , 1860 ...
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... counties of North Carolina , the initial secessionist wave looked irresistible . But in the upper South — unlike the lower South — the first wave did not dislodge any state from the Union . Instead , the push for secession created an ...
... counties of North Carolina , the initial secessionist wave looked irresistible . But in the upper South — unlike the lower South — the first wave did not dislodge any state from the Union . Instead , the push for secession created an ...
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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