Focuses exclusively on state rights to reveal the doctrine's genesis, planks, and variations from colonial to Civil War times. This book looks particularly at the doctrine within Virginia, examining how the concept of state rights became the backbone of the Old Dominion's understanding of the Union for at least seven decades.
Focuses exclusively on state rights to reveal the doctrine's genesis, planks, and variations from colonial to Civil War times. This book looks particu...
Historians have labeled John Buchanan Floyd a traitor and a coward for his actions during the Civil War, and this view has persisted largely unchallenged. This study reopens the case of this reform-minded Virginia governor and one-time Secretary of War to examine all aspects of Floyd's career. Pinnegar contends that partisan congressional investigations and wild newspaper claims branded Floyd as a traitor to the Union, and that the historical profession's tendency to focus solely on his connections to the Civil War era have ensured that Floyd's reputation was never leavened by the...
Historians have labeled John Buchanan Floyd a traitor and a coward for his actions during the Civil War, and this view has persisted largely unchal...
