Carolinian crucible : reforging class, family, and nation in confederate South Carolina / Patrick J. Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Patrick John, 1987- Author.

Series:

Cambridge studies on the American South.

Cambridge studies on the American South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and society--South Carolina.

War and society.

Secession--South Carolina.

Secession.

South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

South Carolina.

Confederate States of America--Social conditions.

Confederate States of America.

South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Carolinian Crucible tells the story of South Carolina - particularly its upcountry region - at war. A state notorious for its political radicalism before the Civil War, this book avoids caricaturing the Palmetto State's inhabitants as unflinching Confederate zealots, and instead provides a more fine-grained appraisal of their relationship with the new nation that their state's political elite played a leading role in birthing. It does so by considering the outlook and actions of both civilians and soldiers, with special attention given to those who were lower-class 'common whites.' In this richly detailed account, Patrick J. Doyle reveals how a region that was insulated from Federal invasion was not insulated from the disruptions of war; how social class profoundly shaped the worldview of ordinary folk, yet did not lead to a rejection of the slaveholders' republic; and how people in the Civil War South forged meaningful bonds with the Confederate nation, but buckled at times under the demands of diehard nationalism.

Contents:

"A Unanimity Never Before Witnessed": Late Antebellum Society and the Path to Secession

"Like the Stone of Sisyphus": Mobilization

"The Time for Conducting this War Leisurely has Passed": Conscription

"It Will Take a Man Person with you to... Keep the Place Up": Family, Gender, and the Household

"A Most Unhappy Condition of Things among a People Heretofore Perhaps the Most Loyal": Desertion, Disaffection, and Disloyalty.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Nov 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-55044-6

1-009-55047-0

1-009-55045-4

OCLC:

1555342372