{"product_id":"the-southern-mind-under-union-rule-the-diary-of-james-rumley-beaufort-north-carolina-1862-1865-9780813037288","title":"The Southern Mind Under Union Rule: The Diary of James Rumley, Beaufort, North Carolina, 1862-1865","description":"721024x768Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONE\u003cp\u003e\"Carefully recounts the breaking down of the old social order maintained between blacks and whites in coastal North Carolina from a Confederate point of view.\"--Civil War Books and Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This skillfully edited journal does an outstanding job of showing us how a zealous Confederate literally processed and reconfigured the war through his own cultural and political assumptions.\"--Peter S. Carmichael, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Generations: Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Offers a rare glimpse into the mind of an ardent Confederate sympathizer living under Union control.\"--Richard M. Reid, author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom for Themselves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Rumley was nearly fifty years old when the Civil War reached the remote outer banks community of Beaufort, North Carolina. Comfortably employed as clerk of the Superior Court of Carteret County, he could only watch as a Union fleet commanded by General Ambrose Burnside snaked its way up the Neuse River in March 1862 and took control of the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response to laws enacted by occupying forces, Rumley took the Oath of Allegiance, stood aside as his beloved courthouse was used for pro-Union rallies, and watched helplessly as friends and neighbors had their property seized and taken away. In public, Rumley appeared calm and cooperative, but behind closed doors he poured all his horror, disgust, and outrage into his diary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafely hidden from the view of military authority, he explained in rational terms how his pledge of allegiance to the invading forces was not morally binding and expressed his endless worry over seeing former slaves emancipated and empowered. This constantly surprising diary provides a rare window onto the mind of a Confederate sympathizer under the rule of what he considered to be an alien, unlawful, and \"pestilent\" power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813037288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Judkin Browning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53514234855605,"sku":"9780813037288","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780813037288.jpg?v=1791903142","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-southern-mind-under-union-rule-the-diary-of-james-rumley-beaufort-north-carolina-1862-1865-9780813037288","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}