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The peace that almost was : the forgotten story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the final attempt to avert the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tooley, Mark, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Nashville : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2015]
Subjects:
Conference Convention > (1861 : > Washington, D.C.)
United States > Politics and government > 1857-1861.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Crisis
  • The federal city
  • Opening debate
  • The clergy and churches
  • The compromise
  • Securing the capitol
  • Lincoln's arrival
  • Agreement and rejection
  • Epilogue : legacy.