Becoming Confederates : paths to a new national loyalty / Gary W. Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallagher, Gary W.

Series:

Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 54.

Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patriotism--Confederate States of America--Case studies.

Patriotism.

Change of allegiance--United States--Case studies.

Change of allegiance.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.

Lee, Robert E.

Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864.

Ramseur, Stephen Dodson.

Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.

Early, Jubal Anderson.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299464209

1299464203

9780820344973

0820344974

OCLC:

839690453