| The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction Contributor(s): Baggett, James Alex (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807130141 ISBN-13: 9780807130148 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: In the Scalawags, James Alex Baggett ambitiously uncovers the genesis of scalawag leaders through-out the former Confederacy. Using a collective biography approach, Baggett profiles 742 white southerners who supported Congressional Reconstruction and the Republican Party. He then compares and contrasts the scalawags with 666 redeemer-Democrats who opposed and eventually replaced them. Baggett follows the life of each scalawag before, during, and after the war, revealing real personalities and not mere statistics. This is the first Southwide study of the scalawags, and its scope and astounding wealth of sources make it the definitive work on the subject. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 975.03 |
| LCCN: 2002001390 |
| Series: Media and Public Affairs |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 323 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Scalawags, James Alex Baggett ambitiously uncovers the genesis of scalawag leaders throughout the former Confederacy. Using a collective biography approach, Baggett profiles 742 white southerners who supported Congressional Reconstruction and the Republican Party. He then compares and contrasts the scalawags with 666 redeemer-Democrats who opposed and eventually replaced them. Significantly, he analyzes this rich data by region -- the Upper South, the Southeast, and the Southwest -- as well as for the South as a whole. Baggett follows the life of each scalawag before, during, and after the war, revealing real personalities and not mere statistics. Examining such features as birthplace, vocation, estate, slaveholding status, education, political antecedents and experience, stand on secession, war record, and postwar political activities, he finds striking uniformity among scalawags. This is the first Southwide study of the scalawags, its scope and astounding wealth in quantity and quality of sources make it the definitive work on the subject. |