Crucible of the Civil War

Virginia from Secession to Commemoration

Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher, Andrew J. Torget, Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher, Andrew J. Torget

• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9780813925523
• eBook ISBN: 9780813930497
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Crucible of the Civil War offers an illuminating portrait of the state's wartime economic, political, and social institutions. Weighing in on contentious issues within established scholarship while also breaking ground in areas long neglected by scholars, the contributors examine such concerns as the war's effect on slavery in the state, the wartime intersection of race and religion, and the development of Confederate social networks. They also shed light on topics long disputed by historians, such as Virginia's decision to secede from the Union, the development of Confederate nationalism, and how Virginians chose to remember the war after its close.

Index

The letter t following a page number denotes the table, while the letter f indicates a figure Abercrombie, John J., 56n42

Abert, John J., 56n42 abolition, 43, 61, 62, 141, 168, 189, 190, 192, 193, 198, 199, 201, 204

Adam (slave), 141–42, 145

Adams, Amarci, 127

Adams, Charles Francis, 35

African Americans, 6, 107, 110, 114, 138, 142, 143, 146, 148, 150, 152, 153, 156, 158n3, 189, 201–3, 211, 212; enslaved, 18, 25, 81, 82, 98, 106, 108, 111, 113, 115, 117–18, 121, 123, 125, 126, 136, 138, 139, 141, 144, 145, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 168, 169, 191, 210; free blacks, 138, 139, 144, 145, 151, 155, 192, 198, 202–3, 204; separate themselves religiously from whites, 137, 144, 150–57, 158n3; as soldiers, 48. See also abolition; slavery African Church (Charlottesville, Va.), 154, 155, 156, 157

Akers, B., 115

Alabama, 37t, 171, 176, 183n4

Albemarle Baptist Association, 139, 144, 146, 148, 150, 154, 156

Albemarle County, Va., 64, 114, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 155, 156, 170; slavery in, 138–39

Albemarle Female Institute, 147

Alexander (slave), 114

Alexander, Edmund B., 56n42

Alexander, Edward Porter, 46

Alexander, Peter W., 4

Alexandria, Va., 101n2, 107

Alleghany County, Va., 68, 122

Alleghany Mountains, 11, 59, 67

Alleghany plateau, 71

Allegre, William B., 193

Allen, William C., 191

Alsop, Lizzie, 173

Ambler, Philip St. George, 192

American Party, 12, 13

Ammen, Jacob, 51n3 amnesty, for ex-Confederates, 190–94, 20...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Unions of Slavery
• “I Owe Virginia Little, My Country Much”
• “It Is Old Virginia and We Must Have It”
• Defining Confederate Respectability
• The Slave Market in Civil War Virginia
• Race, Religion, and Rebellion
• “The Right to Love and to Mourn”
• Reconciliation in Reconstruction Virginia
• Conclusion
• Contributors
• Index