Bibliograph

Crucible of the Civil War, Virginia from secession to commemoration, edited by Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher, and Andrew J. Torget

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Crucible of the Civil War, Virginia from secession to commemoration, edited by Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher, and Andrew J. Torget

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crucible of the Civil War

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

63679914

Responsibility statement

edited by Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher, and Andrew J. Torget

Sub title

Virginia from secession to commemoration

Summary

Crucible of the Civil War offers an illuminating portrait of the state<U+2019>s wartime economic, political, and social institutions. Weighing in on contentious issues within established scholarship while also breaking ground in areas long neglected by scholars, the contributors examine such concerns as the war<U+2019>s effect on slavery in the state, the wartime intersection of race and religion, and the development of Confederate social networks. They also shed light on topics long disputed by historians, such as Virginia<U+2019>s decision to secede from the Union, the development of Confederate nationalism, and how Virginians chose to remember the war after its close

Table Of Contents

Unions of slavery : slavery, politics, and secession in the Valley of Virginia / Andrew J. Torget -- "I owe Virginia little, my country much" : Robert E. Lee, the United States Regular Army, and unconditional unionism / Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- "It is old Virginia and we must have it" : overcoming regionalism in Civil War Virginia / Aaron Sheehan-Dean -- Defining Confederate respectability : morality, patriotism, and Confederate identity in Richmond's Civil War public press / Amy R. Minton -- The slave market in Civil War Virginia / Jaime Amanda Martinez -- Race, religion, and rebellion : black and white Baptists in Albemarle County, Virginia, during the Civil War / Andrew Witmer -- "The right to love and to mourn" : the origins of Virginia's Ladies' Memorial associations, 1865-1867 / Caroline E. Janney -- Reconciliation in Reconstruction Virginia / Susanna Michele Lee

Target audience

adult

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