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Titolo |
Showdown in Virginia [[electronic resource] ] : the 1861 convention and the fate of the Union / / edited by William W. Freehling and Craig M. Simpson |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49067-5 |
9786613585905 |
0-8139-2991-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FreehlingWilliam W. <1935-> |
SimpsonCraig M. <1942-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Secession - Virginia |
Taxation - Virginia - History - 19th century |
Speeches, addresses, etc., American - Virginia |
Virginia Politics and government 1861-1865 Sources |
United States Politics and government 1861-1865 Sources |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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