Charles Pinnegar

Brand of Infamy

A Biography of John Buchanan Floyd

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Produktbeschreibung

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 successes of his first fifty years. Pinnegar hopes to demonstrate that charges of malfeasance in office were exaggerated, while prevailing administrative routines were ignored, tactics that result in an unfair portrait of Floyd. Although he was a Unionist, Floyd did consider secession a viable option given the right conditions. This view earned him the label of the most hated southerner in the North. Most of Floyd's personal papers were destroyed in a Union cavalry raid in 1864, making a complete reassessment of his reputation difficult. Pinnegar places Floyd's life in context, explaining the circumstances surrounding the scandals during his years as Secretary of War and chronicling the hardships, successes, and failures of his army command. While Floyd was certainly no saint, this challenge to accepted dogma looks beyond the labels to take the reader closer to the real Floyd.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9780313321337
• ISBN-10: 0313321337
• Artikelnr.: 24848331

Autorenporträt

The late Charles Pinnegar was an author and retired teacher and lived in Ontario, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Seedtime for Secession Propinquity Reform Governor Champion of
Virginia's Constitutional Rights Liberty and Slavery, Safeguarding the
Southern View Washington Beckons Floyd vs. Congress: Administering the Army
Floyd vs. Congress: The Triumph of Partisan Politics Matters of Principle:
Political Machinations in Virginia The Education of a General The West
Virginia Campaign of 1861 Trapped by Circumstances The Walls Came Tumbling
Down Appendix A: John Buchanan Floyde vs. the Historians Appendix B: A
Study of the Virginia Gubernatorial Election of 1848 and Its Consequences
Bibliography