Shifting loyalties [electronic resource] : the union occupation of eastern North Carolina / Judkin Browning.

Author
Browning, Judkin [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Description
1 online resource (265 p.)

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In the spring of 1862, Union forces marched into neighboring Carteret and Craven Counties in southeastern North Carolina, marking the beginning of an occupation that would continue for the rest of the war. Focusing on a wartime community with divided allegiances, Judkin Browning offers new insights into the effects of war on southerners and the nature of civil-military relations under long-term occupation, especially coastal residents' negotiations with their occupiers and each other as they forged new social, cultural, and political identities.Unlike citizens in the core areas of the
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
  • Antebellum antecedents
  • The first year of war
  • The beginning of military occupation
  • The African American experience under occupation
  • The experience of northern benevolent societies during occupation
  • The effects of occupation on union soldiers
  • White rejection of union occupation.
ISBN
  • 1-4696-0337-3
  • 0-8078-7772-7
OCLC
703226414
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