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William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walther, Eric H., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2006]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Yancey, William Lowndes, > 1814-1863.
Legislators > Alabama > Biography.
Alabama > Politics and government > To 1865.
Secession > Alabama.
Statesmen > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Confederate States of America > Politics and government.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Jordan's stormy banks
  • Rebellion and Union
  • Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina
  • Politician
  • Party and honor
  • The Alabama platform
  • Secessionist
  • Creating the "leaven of disunion"
  • Public man, private life
  • Yancey and the house divided
  • Walker and Walker, the league and the letter
  • The conventions of 1860
  • The voice of the South
  • The men and the hours
  • In King Arthur's court
  • Journeys home
  • The main pillar of the Confederacy.