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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815200603321

Autore

Barney William L

Titolo

The making of a Confederate : Walter Lenoir's Civil War / / William L. Barney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-771444-7

0-19-988618-0

1-281-16385-6

9786611163853

0-19-804289-2

1-4356-1420-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

New narratives in American history

Disciplina

973.7/456092

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Soggetti

Soldiers - North Carolina

Slaveholders - North Carolina

Landowners - North Carolina

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - North Carolina

Group identity - Confederate States of America

Whites - Race identity - Southern States

North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; The Lenoir Families; PROLOGUE; One: DUTIFUL SONS AND A WAVERING SOUTHERNER; Two: CONFEDERATE SOLDIER; Three: AGONY AT OX HILL; Four: MOUNTAIN FARMER; Five: UNRECONSTRUCTED CONFEDERATE; Six: LAND PROMOTER AND DREAMER; Afterword; Recommendations for Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This title uses the life of one man - Walter Lenoir of North Carolina - to



explore the origins of southern white identity and the myriad ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history. Lenoir's case is particularly fascinating in the way it complicates notions about the sources of rabid devotion to the Confederate cause.