Lincolnites and rebels : a divided town in the American Civil War / Robert Tracy McKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, Robert Tracy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knoxville (Tenn.)--History--19th century.

Knoxville (Tenn.).

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

Tennessee.

Knoxville (Tenn.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Knoxville (Tenn.)--History, Military--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text presents the story of the Civil War in Knoxville Tennessee - a perpetually occupied, bitterly divided southern town. It documents the loyalties of more than half of the townspeople, identifies complex patterns of individual decisions, and explores the agonizing personal decisions that the war made inescapable.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 The "Metropolis" of East Tennessee; 2 Contemplating Calamity; 3 A Town Dividing; 4 The "Reign of Terror" Unfolds; 5 "Prudent Silence" and "Strict Neutrality"; 6 Liberation, Occupation, and Twenty Minutes of Carnage; 7 A New Set of Strains; 8 Retribution and Reconciliation; AFTERWORD; APPENDIX: Identifying Individual Unionists and Confederates; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-294) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-539393-7

9786610845569

1-280-84556-2

0-19-804033-4

1-4294-2019-7

OCLC:

271577724