Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) - Softcover

Crofts, Daniel W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807844306 ISBN 13: 9780807844304

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1993

Synopsis

Daniel 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

About this title

About the Author

Daniel W. Crofts is professor of history at Trenton State College.

From the Back Cover

Daniel 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807844306
• ISBN 13: 9780807844304
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 531