Pair of Civil War History Books by Walter T. Durham: 1) RELUCTANT PARTNERS: Nashville and the Union, 1863-1865, Published by University of Tennessee Press, 2008 Nashville (Tenn.) - 327 pages (NEW, In Publisher's Wrap), & 2) REBELLION REVISITED: A History of Sumner County, Tennessee from 1861 to 1870, Published by Hillsboro Press, Franklin, Tennessee, 1999 - 376 pages (Like New Condition)Notes:1) RELUCTANT PARTNERS: In 1862, Nashville became the first Southern state capital to be captured by the Union Army; that occupation would not end until after the Civil War's conclusion in 1865. In two incisive books, first published more than twenty years ago and available once more for a new generation of readers, Walter T. Durham traces occupied Nashville's reluctant transition from Rebel stronghold to partner of the Union. Together, Nashville and Reluctant Partners highlight the importance of local history within Civil War scholarship and assess the impact of the war on people other than combat soldiers and places other than battlefields. Nashville examines the first seventeen months of the Union occupation, showing how the local population coped with the sudden presence of an enemy force. It also explores the role of military governor Andrew Johnson and how he asserted his authority over the city. Reluctant Partners depicts a city coming to grips with the rapidly fading prospect of a Confederate victory and how, faced with this reality, its citizens began to cooperate with Johnson and the Union. Their reward was a booming economy and scant battle damage. With new prefaces discussing the two decades of scholarship that have emerged since these books' original appearance, these volumes offer an absorbing view of Union occupation at the most local of levels. Durham's volumes remain at the forefront of reconsidering the Civil War in the Upper South. Students and scholars of the Civil War-particularly in its social dimensions-as well as devotees of Tennessee history will find these new editions invaluable.2) REBELLION REVISITED: The anguish and suffering caused by Civil War and Reconstruction dominated life in Sumner County, Tennessee, from 1861-1870. The high drama of the wrenching decision to leave the Union in 1861, the rush to Confederate colors, and the first battle in the county are recreated with penetrating perception and accuracy. The turmoil and tension of Reconstruction from 1865-1870 are illustrated by the bitter contest to control and operate government, the discouraging attempts to revive a devastated economy, and the confused efforts to adjust to the uncertain role of the new black citizen.This is Walter T. Durham's third volume in a series dealing with the history of Sumner County, Tennessee. The Great Leap Westward, A History of Sumner County, Tennessee, From Its Beginnings to 1805, the first volume, was published in 1969. The second, Old Sumner, A History of Sumner County, Tennessee From 1805 to 1861, appeared three years later. A prolific writer on subjects from Tennessee history, the author has published two biographies of early Tennesseans: Daniel Smith, Frontier Statesman in 1976 and James Winchester, Tennessee Pioneer in 1979. He is also the author of Nashville The Occupied City, The First Seventeen Months -- February 16, 1862 to June 30, 1863, , Josephus Conn Guild and Rose Mont, Balie Peyton of Tennessee, and Gallatin 200, a bicentennial history of Gallatin, Tennessee. He has written several other books and has contributed to numerous articles to magazines and historical periodicals. Durham, past president of the Tennessee Historical Society, is chairman of the Tennessee Historical Commission and State Historian for Tennessee. He is a writer and businessman and has received honors for his achievements in both fields. He and his wife, the former Anna Armstrong Coile, live at Gallatin.