Becoming Confederates - Paths to a New National Loyalty

Informationen zum Autor GARY W. GALLAGHER is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has written or edited numerous books on the Civil War, including Becoming Confederates: Paths to a New National Loyalty and Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War , coedited with J. Matthew Gallman (both Georgia). Klappentext Explores loyalty in the era of the Civil War! focusing on Robert E. Lee! Stephen Dodson Ramseur! and Jubal A. Early. Looking at levels of allegiance to their native state! the slaveholding South! to the US! and the Confederacy! Gallagher shows how these men represent responses to the mid-nineteenth century crisis. Zusammenfassung Gallagher explores loyalty in the Civil War era, focusing on Robert E. Lee, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, and Jubal A. Early—officers in the Army of Northern Virginia who became ardent Confederate nationalists. Looking at levels of allegiance to their native state, Gallagher shows how these men represent responses to the mid-nineteenth-century crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Gallagher, Gary W Gallagher, Gary W. Gallagher
• Assisted by: Sarah Gardner (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2013
• EAN: 9780820345406
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4540-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Mercer University Lamar Memori; Mercer University Lamar Memori; Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)