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

• Autore: Gallagher Gary W
• 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
• ISBN: 1-299-46420-3; 0-8203-4497-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779567903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; ; no. 54.