Record #:

21177

Author(s):

Scarboro, David D.

Abstract:

This article looks at challenges to the widely held historical idea that the efficiency of the Southern war effort was seriously handicapped by the opposition of powerful governors who put the own states' interests above those of the South as a whole. Particular attention is given to disputing this theory in North Carolina history.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 56 Issue 2, April 1979, p133-149, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Confederate States of America--Politics and government; States' rights

Record #:

21227

Author(s):

Scarboro, David D.; Auman, William T.

Abstract:

An examination of the origin and role of the Civil War secret organization The Heroes of America (also called Red Strings) composed of Southern Unionists dedicated to overthrowing the Confederacy as well as being involved in wartime and reconstruction politics. It originated and derived most of its support from the central piedmont North Carolina, in the so-called \"Quaker Belt,\" and had perhaps 10,000 members in the state, drawn primarily from the white lower classes.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 58 Issue 4, Oct 1981, p327-363, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Heroes of America (Red Strings)