We have the war upon us : the onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861

The Resource We have the war upon us : the onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
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We have the war upon us : the onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
Title remainder
the onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
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William J. Cooper
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Language
eng
Summary
In this carefully researched book the author gives us a fresh perspective on the period between Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, during which all efforts to avoid or impede secession and prevent war failed. Here is the story of the men whose decisions and actions during the crisis of the Union resulted in the outbreak of the Civil War. This book helps us understand what the major actors said and did: the Republican party, the Democratic party, southern secessionists, southern Unionists; why the pro-compromise forces lost; and why the American tradition of sectional compromise failed. It reveals how the major actors perceived what was happening and the reasons they gave for their actions: Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, William Henry Seward, John J. Crittenden, Charles Francis Adams, John Tyler, James Buchanan, and a host of others. Here is written a full account of the North and the South, Republicans and Democrats, sectional radicals and sectional conservatives that deepens our insight into what is still one of the most controversial periods in American history
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BTCTA
Dewey number
973.711
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E440.5
LC item number
.C77 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Series statement
Vintage Civil War library

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