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William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War [electronic resource] / Eric H. Walther.

By: Walther, Eric H, 1960-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Civil War America: Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006Description: xi, 477 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863 | United States. Congress. House -- Biography | Legislators -- Alabama -- Biography | Secession -- Alabama | Statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography | Legislators -- United States -- Biography | Alabama -- Politics and government -- To 1865 | Confederate States of America -- Politics and government | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- CausesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/13092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction -- Jordan's stormy banks -- Rebellion and Union -- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina -- Politician -- Party and honor -- The Alabama platform -- Secessionist -- Creating the "leaven of disunion" -- Public man, private life -- Yancey and the house divided -- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter -- The conventions of 1860 -- The voice of the South -- The men and the hours -- In King Arthur's court -- Journeys home -- The main pillar of the Confederacy.
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973.7/13092 B (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-459) and index.

Introduction -- Jordan's stormy banks -- Rebellion and Union -- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina -- Politician -- Party and honor -- The Alabama platform -- Secessionist -- Creating the "leaven of disunion" -- Public man, private life -- Yancey and the house divided -- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter -- The conventions of 1860 -- The voice of the South -- The men and the hours -- In King Arthur's court -- Journeys home -- The main pillar of the Confederacy.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.