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1 online resource |
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Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 54 |
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Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 54.
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Conduct must conform to the new order of things: R.E. Lee and the question of loyalty -- He died as became a Confederate soldier: Stephen Dodson Ramseur's easy embrace of the Confederacy -- Consistent conservative: Jubal A. Early's patriotic submission -- For his country and his duty: Confederate national sentiment beyond Appomattox |
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In Becoming Confederates, Gary W. Gallagher explores loyalty in the era of the Civil War, focusing on Robert E. Lee, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, and Jubal A. Early-three prominent officers in the Army of Northern Virginia who became ardent Confederate nationalists. Loyalty was tested and proved in many ways leading up to and during the war. Looking at levels of allegiance to their native state, to the slaveholding South, to the United States, and to the Confederacy, Gallagher shows how these men represent responses to the mid-nineteenthcentury crisis. Lee traditionally has been presented as a rel |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
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Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864.
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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
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Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 fast |
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 fast |
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Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864 fast |
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Patriotism -- Confederate States of America -- Case studies
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Change of allegiance -- United States -- Case studies
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Change of allegiance
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Patriotism
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Social aspects
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War -- Causes
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140219
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United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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Case studies
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012046530 |
| ISBN |
9780820344973 |
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0820344974 |
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1299464203 |
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9781299464209 |
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