Bibliograph

The loyal west, Civil War and reunion in middle America, Matthew E. Stanley

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The loyal west, Civil War and reunion in middle America, Matthew E. Stanley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-260) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The loyal west

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

958469683

Responsibility statement

Matthew E. Stanley

Sub title

Civil War and reunion in middle America

Table Of 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

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