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Crucible of the Civil War : Virginia from secession to commemoration /

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Other Authors: Ayers, Edward L., 1953-, Gallagher, Gary W., Torget, Andrew J., 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Secession > Virginia.
Group identity > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Confederate States of America > Historiography.
Slavery > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Virginia > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Virginia.
Memory > Social aspects > Virginia.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Unions of slavery : slavery, politics, and secession in the Valley of Virginia / Andrew J. Torget
  • "I owe Virginia little, my country much" : Robert E. Lee, the United States Regular Army, and unconditional unionism / Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh
  • "It is old Virginia and we must have it" : overcoming regionalism in Civil War Virginia / Aaron Sheehan-Dean
  • Defining Confederate respectability : morality, patriotism, and Confederate identity in Richmond's Civil War public press / Amy R. Minton
  • The slave market in Civil War Virginia / Jaime Amanda Martinez
  • Race, religion, and rebellion : black and white Baptists in Albemarle County, Virginia, during the Civil War / Andrew Witmer
  • "The right to love and to mourn" : the origins of Virginia's Ladies' Memorial associations, 1865-1867 / Caroline E. Janney
  • Reconciliation in Reconstruction Virginia / Susanna Michele Lee.