Lincoln and the decision for war : the northern response to secession

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Title:

Lincoln and the decision for war : the northern response to secession

Author:

McClintock, Russell.

Personal Author:

McClintock, Russell.

Publication Information:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]

Physical Description:

xii, 388 pages ; 25 cm.

Series:

Civil War America

Civil War America.

Language:

English

Contents:

On the brink of the precipice: the election of 1860 -- I would not endanger the perpetuity of this Union: November -- Proportions of which I had but a faint conception: early December -- The issues of the late campaign are obsolete: Late December -- We know not what a day or two or an hour may bring forth: December-January -- One's opinions change fast in Revolutionary times: Jan-Feb -- The storm is weathered: Jan-Feb revisited -- A calm pervades the political world: March -- Any decision would be preferable to this uncertainty: Mar-Apr -- Everybody now is for the Union: Apr-May -- Shall it be peace or a sword?

Personal Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865-Political and social views.

Subject Term:

Secession -- Southern States -- Public opinion.

Nationalism -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.

Political culture -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.

Public opinion -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Decision making.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861 -- Decision making.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.

Northeastern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.