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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457710103321

Titolo

Showdown in Virginia [[electronic resource] ] : the 1861 convention and the fate of the Union / / edited by William W. Freehling and Craig M. Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010

ISBN

1-280-49067-5

9786613585905

0-8139-2991-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FreehlingWilliam W. <1935->

SimpsonCraig M. <1942->

Disciplina

973.7/1309755

Soggetti

Secession - Virginia

Taxation - Virginia - History - 19th century

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - Virginia

Electronic books.

Virginia Politics and government 1861-1865 Sources

United States Politics and government 1861-1865 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Editorial Procedures; Chronology; Map of Virginia in 1861; Part I: Secession Debated; 1 Jeremiah Morton's Secessionist Speech, February 28; 2 Waitman Willey's Unionist Speech, March 4; 3 John Carlile's Unionist Speech, March 7; 4 George Brent's Unionist Speech, March 8; 5 George Summers's Unionist Speech, March 12; 6 George Wythe Randolph's Secessionist Speech, March 16; 7 James Holcombe's Secessionist Speech, March 20; 8 John Baldwin's Unionist Speech, March 21-23; 9 Hugh Nelson's Unionist Speech, March 26; 10 Thomas Flournoy's Unionist Speech, March 30

11 James Barbour's Secessionist Speech, March 30-April 112 Robert Montague's Secessionist Speech, April 1-2; 13 George Richardson's Secessionist Speech, April 3-4; 14 Chapman Stuart's Unionist Speech, April 5; Part II: Taxation Debated; 15 William G. Brown Initiates the Taxation Debate, March 7; 16 Waitman Willey Introduces His Motion,



March 16; 17 The Confrontation That Willey's Motion Provoked, March 18-19; William G. Brown; Miers Fisher; Benjamin Wilson; Thomas Branch; Allen Taylor Caperton; Marmaduke Johnson; Samuel Woods; 18 Willey's Climactic Taxation Speech, March 28 and April 2

19 The Final Presecession Confrontation on Taxation, April 10-11 Henry Wise; Cyrus Hall; Williams C. Wickham; 20 Willey's Motion Adopted, April 11; Part III: Decisions; 21 The Quest for Lincoln's Intentions, April 6; William Ballard Preston's Initiative; Virginia's Division Foreshadowed; 22 The Beginning of the End, April 13; Jubal Early's Ironic Appeal; The Early-Goode Near Duel; 23 Decision Barely Averted, April 15; Robert Scott's New Unionist Strategy; Henry Wise's Pro Salute Populi; John Baldwin's Desperation for Delay; 24 Eve of Decision, April 16; George Wythe Randolph's Militarism

Alexander H. H. Stuart's Open-Ended Unionism Even the Trans-Allegheny Divided: John Jackson Again Answers William Ballard Preston; Robert Scott versus George Wythe Randolph; Waitman Willey's and Jubal Early's Alarm; Samuel Staples versus John Baldwin; 25 The Convention's Secession Ordinance Adopted, April 17; Alpheus Haymond's Plea; John Hughes's Conversion; Chapman Stuart's Warning; Henry Wise's Strike and John Baldwin's Outrage; 26 The Climactic Wise-Baldwin Debate, April 17; 27 The Clarksburg Call, April 22; 28 The Convention's Ad Valorem Taxation Ordinance Adopted, April 26

29 Popular Decisions in MaySuggestions for Further Reading