1. "Flag of our fathers": the political culture of loyalism -- Political ideology -- Social and cultural contours of unionism -- 2. "To evade the conscript": resisting the confederate draft -- Treason and sedition -- Conscription: enforcement and resistance -- Lie-outs and their collaborators -- 3. "The loyal Alabamians are invaluable": unionists, slaves, and federal occupation -- Boundaries of union occupation -- Crossing the lines -- Escaping slavery -- Foraging and destruction -- 4. "Wild justice": unionists, slaves, and the federal counterinsurgency effort in North Alabama -- Confederate guerrillas and their aims -- Aid, comfort, and intelligence -- Guides and scouts -- Unionist partisan fighters -- 5. "Stripped twice by": the limits of presidential reconstruction -- The 1865 constitutional convention -- Return to rebel rule -- Search for justice -- 6. "The day of our ruin": radical activism and klan backlash -- Political organizing under congressional reconstruction -- The 1867 constitutional convention -- "The day of our ruin.".