Race, War, and Remembrance

“A significant contribution to the current understanding of southern Appalachia’s place within the South and the nation.” — The Journal of American History Among the most pervasive of stereotypes imposed upon southern highlanders is that they were white, opposed slavery, and supported the Union before and during the Civil War, but the historical record suggests far different realities. John C. Inscoe has spent much of his scholarly career exploring the social, economic and political significance