The long Civil War in the north Georgia mountains : Confederate nationalism, sectionalism, and White supremacy in Bartow County, Georgia / Keith S. Hébert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hébert, Keith S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bartow County (Ga.)--History, Military--19th century.

Bartow County (Ga.).

Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Georgia.

History.

Georgia--Bartow County.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xi, 282 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2017]

Summary:

Civil War historians have long noted that support for the Confederacy in the antebellum South tended to align with geography: those who lived in towns, along railroads, and on land suited for large-scale farming tended to side with the Confederacy, while those who lived a more isolated existence and made their livings by subsistence farming and bartering usually remained Unionist. Barlow County in northwest Georgia, is an ideal microcosm to examine these issues. Keith S. Hébert examines the rise and fall of Confederate nationalism in Bartow County, a shared experience among many counties in the upland South. Hébert's story tells us much about the war's origins. Confederate defeat, and the enduring legacy of white supremacy in these rural areas. Although no major battles were fought in Barlow County, Sherman's Atlanta Campaign saw Federal troops occupying the area. As the home front collapsed, Confederate soldiers had to decide if they should remain in the army and fight or return home to protect their families and property. Drawing on the primary source record of newspapers, letters, diaries, and official documents from the county, Hébert compellingly works personalized vignettes into a scholarly study of developments from the advent of war through Reconstruction and the decades following. The Long Civil War in the North Georgia Mountains solidifies recent scholarship about the war in southern Appalachia and opens a window into a community deeply divided by civil war. Book jacket.

Contents:

Antebellum society, 1830-1860

The winding road to disunion

"Let's drink the blood of thy enemies"

The long wait, 1862-1863

The Atlanta Campaign

Federal occupation

Bottom rail still on bottom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hébert, Keith S. Long Civil War in the north Georgia mountains.

ISBN:

9781621903178

1621903176

OCLC:

972771383