War State All Over - Alabama Politics and the Confederate Cause (Severance Ben H.)(Pevná vazba)

An in-depth political study of Alabama's government during the Civil War

Alabama's military forces were fierce and dedicated combatants for the Confederate cause. In his new study of Alabama during the Civil War, Ben H. Severance argues that Alabama's electoral and political attitudes were, in their own way, just as unified in their support for the cause of southern independence. To be sure, the civilian populace often expressed unease about the conflict, as did a good many of its legislators, but the majority of government officials and military personnel displayed pronounced patriotism and a consistent willingness to accept a total war approach in pursuit of their new nation's aims; as Severance puts it, Alabama was a "war state all over."

In his innovative study, Severance examines the state's political leadership at every level of
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