When the Yankees Came Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865

Name: When the Yankees Came Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865
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ISBN: 9780807847954

ISBN-10: 080784795X

ISBN-13: 9780807847954

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Stephen V. Ash

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Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal. For most, the coming of the Yankees was a nightmare become real; for some, it was the answer to a prayer. But as Stephen Ash argues, for all, invasion and occupation were essential parts of the experience of defeat that helped shape the southern postwar mentality. When the Yankees Cameis the first comprehensive study of the occupied South, bringing to light a wealth of new information about the southern home front. Among the intriguing topics Ash explores are guerrilla warfare and other forms of civilian resistance; the evolution of Union occupation policy from leniency to…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 8/16/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


Prologue: Spring 1861



Citizens and Soldiers: The First Invasions and Early Occupation Policy



Rebels and Conquerors: Civilian Resistance and the Transformation of Northern War Aims



Three Worlds: The Garrisoned Towns, the Confederate Frontier, and No-Man's-Land



Deliverance and Disillusion: The Ordeal of the Unionists



To the Red Sea: The Struggle against Black Freedom



The Other Jubilee: Plain Folk, Aristocrats, and the Challenge to the Old Order



In a Strange Land: Family and Community in the Maelstrom of War



No River of Fire: War-weariness and the Collapse of Resistance


Epilogue: Summer 1865


Map Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index