This is a study of the official records of the Union and the Confederate armies, of diaries, memoirs, and reminiscences of participants in the war, which reveal the existence of much disaffection in every state with the Confederacy. Many of the disaffected formed into bands professing loyalty to the Union. The author attempts to discover the causes of this movement, the classes that participated in it, and the purposes and work of the organization. Originally published in 1934.
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This book is an eye opener for anyone that believes that the South fought the Civil War as a cohesive society -- there was plenty of unrest, infighting, secret societies, antiwar groups, and not a few killings of neighbors by neighbors during the Civil War. The discord grew as the war wore on. This is an excellent, concise account of those turbulent years.
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