Author: John Reuben SheelerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Development of Unionism in East Tennessee, 1860-1866
Author: John Reuben SheelerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Unionism and Reconstruction in Tennessee, 1860-1869
Author: James Welch PattonPublisher: Gloucester, Mass : P. Smith, 1966 [c1934]
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Mountain Rebels
Author: W. Todd GrocePublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572330931
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"Groce offers a gracefully written, impressively researched narrative account of the experience of East Tennessee Confederates during the Civil War era. His analysis raises provocative questions about the socioeconomic foundations of Civil War sympathies in the Mountain South."--Robert Tracy McKenzie, University of Washington "Scholars of Appalachia's Civil War have long awaited Todd Groce's study of East Tennessee secessionists. I am pleased to report that this ground-breaking study of Southern Mountain Confederates was worth the wait."--Kenneth Noe, State University of West Georgia A bastion of Union support during the Civil War, East Tennessee was also home to Confederate sympathizers who took up the Southern cause until the bitter end. Yet historians have viewed these mountain rebels as scarcely different from other Confederates or as an aberration in the region's Unionism. Often they are simply ignored. W. Todd Groce corrects this distorted view of East Tennessee's antebellum development and wartime struggle. He paints a clearer picture of the region's Confederates than has previously been available, examining why they chose secession over union and revealing why they have become so invisible to us today. Drawing extensively on primary sources--newspapers, diaries, government reports--Groce allows the voices of these mountain rebels finally to be heard. Groce explains the economic forces and the family and political ties to the Deep South that motivated the East Tennessee Confederates reluctantly to join the fight for Southern independence. Caught in a war they neither sought nor started, they were trapped between an unfriendly administration in Richmond and a hostile Union majority in their midst. When the fighting was over and they returned home to face their vengeful Unionist neighbors, many were forced to flee, contributing to the postwar economic decline of the region. Placing the story in a broad context, Groce provides an overview of the region's economy and explains the social origins of secessionist sympathies. He also presents a collective profile of one hundred high-ranking Confederate officers from East Tennessee to show how they were representative of the rising commercial and financial leadership in the region. Mountain Rebels intertwines economic, political, military, and social history to present a poignant tale of defeat, suffering, and banishment. By piecing together this previously untold story, it fills a void in Southern history, Civil War history, and Appalachian studies. The Author: W. Todd Groce is executive director of the Georgia Historical Society.
A Unionist in East Tennessee
Author: Marvin ByrdPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162584221X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
The Civil War that tore America in two also pit one Tennessean against another—with deadly consequences . . . During the Civil War, Tennessee was perhaps the most conflicted state in the Confederacy. Allegiance to either side could mean life or death, as Union militia captain and longtime Tennessee resident William K. Byrd discovered in the fall of 1861 when he and his men were attacked by a band of Confederate sympathizers and infantrymen. This unauthorized raid led to the arrest of thirty-five men and the death of several others. Details of this mysterious skirmish have remained buried in archives and personal accounts for years. Now, for the first time, A Unionist in East Tennessee uncovers a dramatic yet forgotten chapter of Civil War history. Includes photos! “The author does a fine job of communicating the charged political atmosphere in 1861, in isolated Hawkins and Hancock counties and in East Tennessee at large . . . [He] constructs a strong case that the planning and conduct of the raid was a local affair not ordered by Confederate military authorities.” —Civil War Books and Authors
East Tennessee and the Civil War
Author: Oliver Perry TemplePublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
War at Every Door
Author: Noel C. FisherPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807849880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
By placing the conflict between Unionists and secessionists in East Tennessee within the context of the whole war, Fisher explores the significance of the struggle for both sides.
Unionism and Reconstruction in Tennessee, 1860-1869. [With Plates and a Bibliography.].
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Author: James Welch PATTONUnionism in East Tennessee during the Civil war ...
Author: Anna Delle CochranPublisher:
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Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Two Men and A People
Author: Gregory H. BlakePublisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644247224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Two opposing generals and the people of East Tennessee met in the fall of 1863. For James Longstreet, the commander of the Confederate forces, the campaign for Knoxville and East Tennessee marked the nadir of his military career, which climaxed in December 1863, with him submitting a letter of resignation as commander of the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. For Ambrose Burnside, commander of the Federal forces, the campaign demonstrated his leadership and tactical ability following his December 1862 debacle as commander of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. For the region of East Tennessee and Knoxville, the campaign enabled the people to reach the pinnacle they had aspired to since their settlement of the region. They had escaped economic and religious oppression in Europe, negotiated and fought with the Cherokee Indian Nation, created the State of Franklin (which was denied statehood), saw its political power vanish to Middle Tennessee, and was limited in its economic development by the region's landscape.
Author: Kathryn Born