The Heart of Confederate Appalachia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Heart of Confederate Appalachia write by John C. Inscoe. This book was released on 2003-08-01. The Heart of Confederate Appalachia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confederate and Union troops disrupted life and threatened the
Civil War in Appalachia
Civil War in Appalachia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil War in Appalachia write by Kenneth W. Noe. This book was released on 2004-02. Civil War in Appalachia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Unlike many collections of original essays, this one is consistently fresh, coherent, and excellent. It reflects the combined scholarly excitement of ... the cultural history of the Civil War and the social history of Appalachia. As the editors point out in their introduction, this collection revises two false cliches - uniform Unionism in a region filled with cultural savages."
Reconstructing Appalachia
Reconstructing Appalachia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reconstructing Appalachia write by Andrew L. Slap. This book was released on 2010-05-28. Reconstructing Appalachia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Excellent, readable, and absorbing history . . . gives us a better understanding of this compelling aspect of the Civil War.” —Library Journal Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and the regional economy. This anthology of essays reveals life in Appalachia after the ravages of the Civil War, an unexplored area that has left a void in historical literature. Addressing a gap in the chronicles of our nation, this vital collection explores little-known aspects of history with a particular focus on the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction periods. Acclaimed scholars John C. Inscoe, Gordon B. McKinney, and Ken Fones-Wolf are joined by up-and-comers like Mary Ella Engel, Anne E. Marshall, and Kyle Osborn in a unique volume investigating postwar Appalachia with clarity and precision. Featuring a broad geographic focus, the compelling essays cover postwar events in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. This approach provides an intimate portrait of Appalachia as a diverse collection of communities where the values of place and family are of crucial importance. Highlighting a wide array of topics including racial reconciliation, tension between former Unionists and Confederates, the evolution of post—Civil War memory, and altered perceptions of race, gender, and economic status, Reconstructing Appalachia is a timely and essential study of a region rich in heritage and tradition. “Outstanding.” —North Carolina Historical Review
Contested Borderland
Contested Borderland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contested Borderland write by Brian Dallas McKnight. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Contested Borderland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From 1861 to 1865, the border separating eastern Kentucky and south-western Virginia represented a major ideological split. This book shows how military invasion of this region led to increasing guerrilla warfare, and how regular armies and state militias ripped communities along partisan lines, leaving wounds long after the end of the Civil War.
The Heart of Confederate Appalachia
The Heart of Confederate Appalachia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Heart of Confederate Appalachia write by John C. Inscoe. This book was released on 2003-06-19. The Heart of Confederate Appalachia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confederate and Union troops disrupted life and threatened the social stability of many communities. Even more disruptive were the internal divisions among western Carolinians themselves. Differing ideologies turned into opposing loyalties, and the resulting strife proved as traumatic as anything imposed by outside armies. As the mountains became hiding places for deserters, draft dodgers, fugitive slaves, and escaped prisoners of war, the conflict became a more localized and internalized guerrilla war, less rational and more brutal, mean-spirited, and personal--and ultimately more demoralizing and destructive. From the valleys of the French Broad and Catawba Rivers to the peaks of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, the people of western North Carolina responded to the war in dramatically different ways. Men and women, masters and slaves, planters and yeomen, soldiers and civilians, Confederates and Unionists, bushwhackers and home guardsmen, Democrats and Whigs--all their stories are told here.
