Lincolnites and Rebels

by Robert Tracy McKenzie
Category: "U.S. History - Political"
Pages:229
Year of Publication:2006
Date Added:12/24/2023
Date Read:10/01/2025
Notes:Subtitle: A Divided Town in the American Civil War

A look at Knoxville, Tennessee and the politics of the residents before, during, and after the Civil War. At the start, the town divided about equally between secessionists and those who were pro-Union and pro-slavery. There were very, very few abolitionists. The author traces the history of the two through two years of Confederate occupation, the battle for the town between forces under Burnsides and Longstreet, the years of Union occupation and the aftermath. For the last year or so of the war, the pro-Union people came to accept that slavery had to go, but after the war, when northern Republicans pushed equality for Blacks, the people of Knoxville united as Democrats to oppose the idea.
My Rating: 6

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Review - Lincolnites and Rebels

Informative and interesting if a little dry. Interesting to see how many in the south defended slavery on the basis that, if it weren't for slaves, whites would have to do menial labor—and argument much like the one the left is currently making in favor of immigrants.

Reviewed by Roger on 2025-10-01 19:10:01

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