A South Divided: Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy

by David C. Downing

Book Overview

A South Divided is an account of Southern dissidents in the Civil War, at times labeled as traitors, Tories, deserters, or mossbacks during the war and loyalists, Lincoln loyalists, and Unionists by historians of the war.

In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in Southern dissenters among specific groups or communities. But A South Divided presents a panoramic overview of Southern dissent. What emerges is a complex pattern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581825870
• ISBN13: 9781581825879
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"