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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458189103321

Autore

Browning Judkin

Titolo

Shifting loyalties [[electronic resource] ] : the union occupation of eastern North Carolina / / Judkin Browning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4696-0337-3

0-8078-7772-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

975.6/192

Soggetti

Military occupation - Social aspects - North Carolina - Atlantic Coast - History - 19th century

Civil-military relations - North Carolina - Atlantic Coast - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Beaufort Region (N.C.) History, Military 19th century

New Bern Region (N.C.) History, Military 19th century

Beaufort Region (N.C.) Social conditions 19th century

New Bern Region (N.C.) Social conditions 19th century

North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Atlantic Coast (N.C.) History, Military 19th century

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Occupied territories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Antebellum antecedents -- The first year of war -- The beginning of military occupation -- The African American experience under occupation -- The experience of northern benevolent societies during occupation -- The effects of occupation on union soldiers -- White rejection of union occupation.

Sommario/riassunto

In the spring of 1862, Union forces marched into neighboring Carteret and Craven Counties in southeastern North Carolina, marking the beginning of an occupation that would continue for the rest of the war. Focusing on a wartime community with divided allegiances, Judkin



Browning offers new insights into the effects of war on southerners and the nature of civil-military relations under long-term occupation, especially coastal residents' negotiations with their occupiers and each other as they forged new social, cultural, and political identities.Unlike citizens in the core areas of the