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Secession Winter
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Author : Robert J. Cook
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2013-05
Secession Winter written by Robert J. Cook and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05 with History categories.
What prompted southern secession in the winter of 1860–61 and why did secession culminate in the American Civil War? Politicians and opinion leaders on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line struggled to formulate coherent responses to the secession of the deep South states. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and the loss of four upper South states from the Union. The essays by three senior historians in Secession Winter explore the robust debates that preceded these events. For five months in the winter of 1860–1861, Americans did not know for certain that civil war was upon them. Some hoped for a compromise; others wanted a fight. Many struggled to understand what was happening to their country. Robert J. Cook, William L. Barney, and Elizabeth R. Varon take approaches to this period that combine political, economic, and social-cultural lines of analysis. Rather than focus on whether civil war was inevitable, they look at the political process of secession and find multiple internal divisions—political parties, whites and nonwhites, elites and masses, men and women. Even individual northerners and southerners suffered inner conflicts. The authors include the voices of Unionists and Whig party moderates who had much to lose and upcountry folk who owned no slaves and did not particularly like those who did. Barney contends that white southerners were driven to secede by anxiety and guilt over slavery. Varon takes a new look at Robert E. Lee's decision to join the Confederacy. Cook argues that both northern and southern politicians claimed the rightness of their cause by constructing selective narratives of historical grievances. Secession Winter explores the fact of contingency and reminds readers and students that nothing was foreordained.
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61
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Author : Henry Adams
language : en
Publisher: New York, Barnes
Release Date : 1958
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61 written by Henry Adams and has been published by New York, Barnes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with United States categories.
Historical essays on politics of the Lincoln-Grant administration.
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61 And Other Essays
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Author : Henry Adams
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2018-03-02
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61 And Other Essays written by Henry Adams and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-02 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Lincoln President Elect
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Author : Harold Holzer
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-10-21
Lincoln President Elect written by Harold Holzer and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-21 with History categories.
One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency—there would be no compromise on slavery or secession of the slaveholding states, even at the cost of civil war. Abraham Lincoln first demonstrated his determination and leadership in the Great Secession Winter—the four months between his election in November 1860 and his inauguration in March 1861—when he rejected compromises urged on him by Republicans and Democrats, Northerners and Southerners, that might have preserved the Union a little longer but would have enshrined slavery for generations. Though Lincoln has been criticized by many historians for failing to appreciate the severity of the secession crisis that greeted his victory, Harold Holzer shows that the presidentelect waged a shrewd and complex campaign to prevent the expansion of slavery while vainly trying to limit secession to a few Deep South states. During this most dangerous White House transition in American history, the country had two presidents: one powerless (the president-elect, possessing no constitutional authority), the other paralyzed (the incumbent who refused to act). Through limited, brilliantly timed and crafted public statements, determined private letters, tough political pressure, and personal persuasion, Lincoln guaranteed the integrity of the American political process of majority rule, sounded the death knell of slavery, and transformed not only his own image but that of the presidency, even while making inevitable the war that would be necessary to make these achievements permanent. Lincoln President-Elect is the first book to concentrate on Lincoln's public stance and private agony during these months and on the momentous consequences when he first demonstrated his determination and leadership. Holzer recasts Lincoln from an isolated prairie politician yet to establish his greatness, to a skillful shaper of men and opinion and an immovable friend of freedom at a decisive moment when allegiance to the founding credo "all men are created equal" might well have been sacrificed.
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61
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Author : Henry Adams
language : en
Publisher: Andesite Press
Release Date : 2015-08-12
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61 written by Henry Adams and has been published by Andesite Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-12 with categories.
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The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61 And Other Essays
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Author : Henry Adams
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2015-09-05
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61 And Other Essays written by Henry Adams and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-05 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Great Secession Winter Of 1860 61 And Other Essays
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Author : Henry Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
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Lincoln And The Decision For War
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Author : Russell McClintock
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2010-09
Lincoln And The Decision For War written by Russell McClintock and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09 with History categories.
Discusses President Lincoln's decision to go to war with the seceded South, and highlights how citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders in the North responded to the political crisis.
Southern Pamphlets On Secession November 1860 April 1861
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Author : Jon L. Wakelyn
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2000-11-09
Southern Pamphlets On Secession November 1860 April 1861 written by Jon L. Wakelyn and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-09 with History categories.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 initiated a heated debate throughout the South about what Republican control of the federal government would mean for the slaveholding states. During the secession crisis of the winter of 1860-61, Southerners spoke out and wrote prolifically on the subject, publishing their views in pamphlets that circulated widely. These tracts constituted a regional propaganda war in which Southerners vigorously debated how best to react to political developments on the national level. In this valuable reference work, Jon Wakelyn has collected twenty representative examples of this long-overlooked literature. Although the pamphlets reflect deep differences of opinion over what Lincoln's intentions were and how the South should respond, all indicate the centrality of slavery to the Southern way of life and reflect a pervasive fear of racial unrest. More generally, the pamphlets reveal a wealth of information about the South's political thought and self-identity at a defining moment in American history. The twenty items included here represent the views of leaders and opinion makers throughout the slaveholding states and are fully annotated. An additional sixty-five pamphlets are listed and briefly described in an appendix. Originally published in 1996. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
William Henry Seward And The Secession Crisis
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Author : Lawrence M. Denton
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009-09-12
William Henry Seward And The Secession Crisis written by Lawrence M. Denton and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
While Abraham Lincoln was taking center stage in a divided country, a political rival-turned-ally was exerting a major influence on national affairs. William Henry Seward, U.S. senator and former New York governor, lost the Republican Party nomination but aided Lincoln by touring the country on behalf of the Republican ticket. As Southern states prepared to withdraw from the Union, Secretary of State Seward sought to reunite the country. This biography explores Seward's political power and the theory that, as president, he might have prevented the Civil War.