Add to ORKGSince the Civil War, historians have tried to understand why eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form a new nation, the Confederate States of America. What compelled the South to favor disunion over union? While enduring stereotypes perpetuated by the Myth of the Lost Cause cast most southerners of the antebellum era as ardent secessionists, not all southerners favored disunion. In addition, not all states were enthusiastic about the prospects of leaving one Union only to join another. Secession and disunion have helped shape the identity of the imagined South, but many Georgians opposed secession. This dissertation examines the life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice James Moore Wayne (1790-1867), a staunch Unionist from Savannah,...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
The Civil War was arguably the watershed event in the history of the United States, forever changing...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
Although the American Civil War is often thought of as a sectional contest, southerners not only fou...
Although the American Civil War is often thought of as a sectional contest, southerners not only fou...
This dissertation explores the Confederate home front experience in South Carolina by examining the ...
The Border South states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri spurned secession in 1860-61, ...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
“The Political Evolution of Howell Cobb on the Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgia History” exam...
“The Political Evolution of Howell Cobb on the Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgia History” exam...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
The Civil War was arguably the watershed event in the history of the United States, forever changing...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
This dissertation, which focuses on Georgia from 1848 until 1865, argues that a middle class formed ...
Although the American Civil War is often thought of as a sectional contest, southerners not only fou...
Although the American Civil War is often thought of as a sectional contest, southerners not only fou...
This dissertation explores the Confederate home front experience in South Carolina by examining the ...
The Border South states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri spurned secession in 1860-61, ...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
“The Political Evolution of Howell Cobb on the Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgia History” exam...
“The Political Evolution of Howell Cobb on the Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgia History” exam...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
Despite decades of scholarship illuminating divisions within Southern society during the nineteenth ...
The Civil War was arguably the watershed event in the history of the United States, forever changing...