Confederates Against the Confederacy: Essays on Leadership and Loyalty

by Jon L. Wakelyn

Far from being a monolith with unanimous leadership loyalty to the cause of a separate nation, the Confederacy was in reality deeply divided over how to achieve independence. Many supposedly loyal leaders, civilian as well as elected officials, opposed governmental policies on the national and state levels, and their actions ultimately influenced non-support for military policies. Congressional differences over arming the slaves and bureaucratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275973646
• ISBN13: 9780275973643
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"