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Acknowledgments Identifying all those who helped me in the research and writing of this book is rather like drawing up an invitation list to a southern wedding. Either I must include almost everyone from the eleven Confederate States (plus the District of Columbia and Maryland) or limit the proceedings to close friends and immediate family. I gracelessly opt for the latter. George Callcott remains my friend even though he initially encouraged me to write a book on this subject. Summer research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University ofMaryland Research Committee made it possible for me to complete the initial research. Jocelyn Shaw typed the first version of the manuscript before I decided to abandon this project. BeverlyJarrett persuaded me to take it up once again and a sabbatical from Emory University allowed me to do additional research and to rewrite the manuscript. Patsy Stockbridge heroically typed the final versionso that my friend and colleagueJames L. Roark could read the manuscript and pencil sarcastic comments next to some of my more outlandish conclusions and observations. And Judith Bailey wasthe editor every author hopes to find. I will not acknowledge in detail the many debts I owe my wife, Jane, and my children, Alicia and David, lest I becomehopelessly maudlin.They performed many loving and supporting acts, the greatest of which was to refrain from asking me when I would finish the book. This page intentionally left blank ...

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