North Carolinians in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction

by Escott, Paul D.

• ISBN13: 9780807859018
• ISBN10: 080785901X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

Although North Carolina was a "home front" state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result. North Carolinians were divided over the issue of secession, and changes in race and gender relations brought new controversy. Blacks fought for freedom, women sought greater independence, and their aspirations for change stimulated fierce resistance from more privileged groups. Republicans and Democrats fought over power during Reconstruction and for decades thereafter disagreed over the meaning of the war and Reconstruction.With contributions by well-known historians as well as talented younger scholars, this volume offers new insights into all the key issues of the Civil War era that played out in pronounced ways in the Tar Heel State. In nine essays composed specifically for this volume, contributors address themes such as ambivalent whites, freed blacks, the political establishment, racial hopes and fears, postwar ideology, and North Carolina women. These issues of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras were so powerful that they continue to agitate North Carolinians today.Contributors include David Brown, Judkin Browning, Laura F. Edwards, Paul D. Escott, John C. Inscoe, Chandra Manning, Barton A. Myers, Steven E. Nash, Paul Yandle, and Karin Zipf. The editor is Paul D. Escott.

Table of Contents

Introduction

North Carolinian Ambivalence:

Rethinking Loyalty and Disaffection in the Civil War Piedmont

A More Rigorous Style of Warfare:

Wild's Raid, Guerrilla Violence, and Negotiated Neutrality in Northeastern North Carolina Barton A

Myers Visions of Freedom and Civilization Opening before Them:

African Americans Search for Autonomy during Military

Occupation in North Carolina Judkin Browning

The Order of Nature Would Be Reversed:

Soldiers, Slavery, and the North Carolina Gubernatorial Election of 1864

Chandra Manning To Do Justice to North Carolina:

The War's End according to Cornelia Phillips Spencer

Reconstruction and North Carolina Women's

Tangled History with Law and Governance

No Longer under Cover(ture):

Marriage, Divorce, and Gender in the 1868

Constitutional Convention Karin Zipf Different Colored Currents of the Sea:

Reconstruction North Carolina, Mutuality, and the Political

Roots of Jim Crow, 1872-1875

Paul Yandle The Immortal Vance:

The Political Commemoration of North Carolina's

War Governor

Contributors

Index

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