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Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal. For most, the coming of the Yankees was a nightmare become real; for some, it was the answer to a prayer. But as Stephen Ash argues, for all, invasion and occupation were essential parts of the experience of defeat that helped shape the southern postwar mentality.When the Yankees Came is the first comprehensive study of the occupied South, bringing to light a wealth of new information about the southern home front. Among the intriguing topics Ash explores are guerrilla warfare and other forms of civilian resistance; the evolution of Union occupation policy from leniency to repression; the impact of occupation on families, churches, and local government; and conflicts between southern aristocrats and poor whites. In analyzing these topics, Ash examines events from the perspective not only of southerners but also of the northern invaders, and he shows how the experiences of southerners differed according to their distance from a garrisoned town.
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When the Yankees Came : Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865 Civil War America
author
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Ash, Stephen V.
publisher
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University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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080782223X
print isbn13
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9780807822234
ebook isbn13
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9780807860137
language
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English
subject
Confederate States of America--History, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Occupied territories.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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E487.A83 1995eb
ddc
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973.7/13
subject
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Confederate States of America--History, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Occupied territories.
When the Yankees Came
Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 18611865
Stephen V. Ash
CIVIL WAR AMERICA Gary W. Gallagher, editor
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS Chapel Hill and London
1995 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ash, Stephen V. When the Yankees came: conflict and chaos in the occupied South, 1861 1865/by Stephen V. Ash. p. cm. (Civil War America) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8078-2223-x (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Confederate States of AmericaHistory. 2. United StatesHistory Civil War, 18611865Occupied territories. I. Title. II. Series. E487.A83 1995 973.7'13dc20 94-49525 CIP
99 98 97 96 95 5 4 3 2 1
For my mother, JUANITA VAUGHAN ASH
Contents
Preface
ix
Prologue: Spring 1861
1
1 Citizens and Soldiers: The First Invasions and Early Occupation Policy
13
2 Rebels and Conquerors: Civilian Resistance and the Transformation of Northern War Aims
38
3 Three Worlds: The Garrisoned Towns, the Confederate Frontier, and No-Man's-Land
76
4 Deliverance and Disillusion: The Ordeal of the Unionists
108
5 To the Red Sea: The Struggle against Black Freedom
149
6 The Other Jubilee: Plain Folk, Aristocrats, and the Challenge to the Old Order
170
7 In a Strange Land: Family and Community in the Maelstrom of War
195
8 No River of Fire: War-weariness and the Collapse of Resistance
214
Epilogue: Summer 1865
229
Map Appendix
237
Notes
243
Bibliography
283
Index
303
A section of illustrations appears following page 130.
Page ix
Preface
Historians continue to confound those who insist that everything that can possibly be said about the Civil War has already been said. Even the much-scrutinized military side of the war has been remarkably elaborated in recent years, while the social side has been dragged from a dark and dusty corner of historiography into the light, thoroughly remodeled, and put on prominent display.
This book is intended to fill one of the many remaining gaps in our understanding of the Civil War, and in our understanding of nineteenth-century Southern society. Southerners in the areas invaded by the Union army during the war had a distinctive experience, one that has been ignored by most historians who have written about the Confederate home front. What few studies of the occupied South we have deal with individual cities, counties, or regions, or with selected portions of the populace; there has until now been no comprehensive study of the occupied South.
Such a study is important for reasons beyond the mere fact of historiographical neglect. For one thing, what happened in the invaded sections of the South profoundly influenced Union war policy and thus the war's outcome: civilian resistance, the failure of political reconstruction, the self-emancipation of slaves, and other events in the occupied districts played a decisive role in turning the conflict from a limited war into a revolution.
For another thing, the experience of invasion and occupation was an essential part of the experience of defeat that C. Vann Woodward has identified as a defining element of the Southern mentality, one of the special "burdens" of Southern history. The unique psyche of the South has been shaped, in part, by what happened to the Southern people when the Yankees came.
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