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Becoming Confederates [[electronic resource] ] : paths to a new national loyalty / / Gary W. Gallagher



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Autore: Gallagher Gary W Visualizza persona
Titolo: Becoming Confederates [[electronic resource] ] : paths to a new national loyalty / / Gary W. Gallagher Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/13
Soggetto topico: Patriotism - Confederate States of America
Change of allegiance - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Conduct must conform to the new order of things: R.E. Lee and the question of loyalty -- He died as became a Confederate soldier: Stephen Dodson Ramseur's easy embrace of the Confederacy -- Consistent conservative: Jubal A. Early's patriotic submission -- For his country and his duty: Confederate national sentiment beyond Appomattox.
Sommario/riassunto: In Becoming Confederates , Gary W. Gallagher explores loyalty in the era of the Civil War, focusing on Robert E. Lee, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, and Jubal A. Early-three prominent officers in the Army of Northern Virginia who became ardent Confederate nationalists. Loyalty was tested and proved in many ways leading up to and during the war. Looking at levels of allegiance to their native state, to the slaveholding South, to the United States, and to the Confederacy, Gallagher shows how these men represent responses to the mid-nineteenthcentury crisis. Lee traditionally has been presented as a rel
Titolo autorizzato: Becoming Confederates  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-46420-3
0-8203-4497-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779567903321
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Serie: Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; ; no. 54.