A Respectable Minority
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: November 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781420873085
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Public opinion; Marshall County; Mississippi; Unionists (United States Civil War)
First sentence: As stated in the introduction, the cohesion which the "Solid South" implies and with which it is credited was not prevalent before or entirely during the Civil War, but was encouraged in part as a result of the actions of the Radical Republican congressional leadership, with its punitive policies and its failure to provide a satisfactory plan for the freed slaves, along with the Southerners inability to come to grips with an overwhelming problem.
Description: A study of southerners who opposed secession, especially those in Marshall County, Mississippi.