Book contents
- Carolinian Crucible
- Cambridge Studies On The American South
- Carolinian Crucible
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1“A Unanimity Never before Witnessed”
- 2“Like the Stone of Sisyphus”
- 3“The Time for Conducting This War Leisurely Has Passed”
- 4“It Will Take a Man Person with You to … Keep the Place Up”
- 5“A Most Unhappy Condition of Things among a People Heretofore Perhaps the Most Loyal”
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2025
Book contents
- Carolinian Crucible
- Cambridge Studies On The American South
- Carolinian Crucible
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1“A Unanimity Never before Witnessed”
- 2“Like the Stone of Sisyphus”
- 3“The Time for Conducting This War Leisurely Has Passed”
- 4“It Will Take a Man Person with You to … Keep the Place Up”
- 5“A Most Unhappy Condition of Things among a People Heretofore Perhaps the Most Loyal”
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
When James H. Saye, a Presbyterian minister based in the South Carolina upcountry, wrote to a creditor in late November 1863 to discuss the settlement of a debt, it should have been a simple matter. He had recently received payment on a different note, and he wanted to use these funds to settle what he owed the addressee. It is hard to think of anything more straightforward. The problem for Saye was that he had received payment in Confederate money, and he suspected that his correspondent would be reluctant to take it. His letter therefore ended up being more than a notice of his intention to settle a debt; it was a disquisition on Confederate currency and, more generally, the imperatives of Confederate nationalism.
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- Carolinian CrucibleReforging Class, Family, and Nation in Confederate South Carolina, pp. 1 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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