Heart of Confederate Appalachia Western North Carolina in the Civil War

Name: Heart of Confederate Appalachia Western North Carolina in the Civil War
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ISBN: 9780807855034

ISBN-10: 0807855030

ISBN-13: 9780807855034

Edition: 2003

Authors: John C. Inscoe, Gordon B. McKinney

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In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confederate and Union troops disrupted life and threatened the social stability of many communities. Even more disruptive were the internal divisions among western Carolinians themselves. Differing ideologies turned into opposing loyalties, and the resulting strife proved as traumatic as anything imposed by outside armies. As the mountains became hiding places for deserters, draft dodgers, fugitive slaves, and escaped prisoners of war, the conflict became a more localized and internalized guerrilla…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 8/25/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.308
Language: English

John C. Inscoe is professor of history at the University of Georgia.



Introduction



Antebellum Western North Carolina: A Population So Widely Diversified



Secession: To Stand with Either Honor or Safety



Mobilization: The Mountains Are Pouring Forth Their Brave Sons



Unionists: Lincolnite Proclivities--Matters of General Notoriety



Guerrilla Warfare: Rule by Bushwhackers, Tories, and Yankees



Political Dissent: We Are Tired of This Desolating, Ruinous War



Economic Strain: Laboring under Grate Disadvantage



Women at War: Assuming All the Duties of the Sterner Sex



Slavery: Many Negro Buyers in This Part of the Country



Military Incursion and Collapse: Oh! This Is a Cruel World and Cruel People in It



Aftermath: A Peace We Little Expected and Did Not Want


Notes


Bibliography


Index