"Lewis Fisher has latched onto a very good story. This book helps paint a modern and more broadly based understanding of what happened in Virginia in the 1860s."-- Richard Lowe , author of Republicans and Reconstruction in Virginia, 1856-70 " No Cause of Offence rescues from obscurity an interesting and important set of Virginia political leaders and shines a needed spotlight on Virginians who remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War and became influential afterward."-- Brent Tarter , founding editor of the Library of Virginias Dictionary of Virginia Biography and cofounder of the Virginia Forum "Thorough, creative research has uncovered a rich array of evidence of the precarious ordeal of this Shenandoah Valley family of Unionists during the Civil War, making this volume an important contribution to the history of the period."-- Robert K. Krick, author of Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic.