The men of secession and Civil War, 1859-1861 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wilmington, Del. :
SR Books,
2000.
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| Series: | American crisis series ;
no. 1. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Cast of characters: the men of secession and the war
- Prelude to disunion
- John Brown, Salmon Chase, and the Southern response to American antislavery
- George Fitzhugh, Roger Taney, and the Northern response to Southern proslavery
- The secession campaign
- Barnwell Rhett, the fire-eaters, and Southern independence
- Stephen Douglas, William Yancey, and the collapse of the Democratic Party
- The men of the West and the election of 1860
- Alexander Stephens, Deep South secession, and the failure of Southern unionism
- Jefferson Davis and the formation of the Cotton Confederacy
- The road to war
- John Crittenden and the failure of compromise
- Abraham Lincoln, Fort Sumter, and the Union
- Andrew Johnson, John Letcher, and secession in the Upper South
- Epilogue: some thoughts on alternatives and consequences
- Bibliographical essay and recommended readings
- Index.