Lincolnites And Rebels : A Divided Town in the American Civil War, Hardcover ...

by Robert Tracy Mckenzie

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Lincolnites And Rebels : A Divided Town in the American Civil War, Hardcover by McKenzie, Robert Tracy, ISBN 0195182944, ISBN-13 9780195182941, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US At the start of the Civil War, Knoxville, Tennessee, with a population of just over 4,000, was considered a prosperous metropolis little reliant on slavery. Although the surrounding countryside was predominantly Unionist in sympathy, Knoxville itself was split down the middle, with Union and Confederate supporters even holding simultaneous political rallies at opposite ends of the town's main street. Following Tennessee's secession, Knoxville soon became famous (or infamous) as a stronghold of stalwart Unionism, thanks to the efforts of a small cadre who persisted in openly denouncing the Confederacy. Throughout the course of the Civil War, Knoxville endured military occupation for all but three days, hosting Confederate troops during the first half of the conflict and Union forces throughout the remainder, with the transition punctuated by an extended siege and bloody battle during which nearly forty thousand soldiers fought over the town. In Lincolnites and Rebels, Robert Tracy McKenzie tells the story of Civil War Knoxville-a perpetually occupied, bitterly divided Southern town where neighbor fought against neighbor. Mining a treasure-trove of manuscript collections and civil and military records, McKenzie reveals the complex ways in which allegiance altered the daily routine of a town gripped

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2006
• ISBN: 9780195182941
• Condition: Fine

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