The Loyal West : Civil War and Reunion in Middle America / Matthew E. Stanley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanley, Matthew E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands--Ohio River Valley--History--19th century.

Borderlands.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Ohio River Valley.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

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

United States.

Ohio--History, Local--19th century.

Ohio.

Indiana--History, Local--19th century.

Indiana.

Illinois--History, Local--19th century.

Illinois.

Ohio River Valley--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Ohio River Valley.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.

Summary:

'The Loyal West' examines identity and memory among Union soldiers and veterans in the Lower Middle West, a previously overlooked region.

Contents:

Introduction: the geography embodied: loyal westerners in war and peace

The progeny of Jamestown: racial construction and western identity on the Dixie frontier

The boundary between contending nations: border war and restraints on western unity

The war fattens on the blood of western men: the limits of practical abolitionism on slavery's western border

The great brotherhood of the west: the demise of the antebellum west and the construction of the loyal west

Was it for this you fought?: retreat from Reconstruction, the new white supremacy in the loyal west

Never checked

always victorious: the heyday of the loyal west

Solely to suppress the rebellion: commemorating conservative unionism in the loyal west

Epilogue: no more shall the winding rivers be red: reconciliation and the passing of the loyal west.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252099175

0252099176

OCLC:

958498075