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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xi, 477 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
IWilliam Lowndes Yancey (1814-63) was one of the leading secessionists of the Old South. In this first comprehensive biography, Eric H. Walther examines the personality and political life of the uncompromising fire-eater.Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, and hypocritical. His personal journey led him through...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
vii, 119 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 in December 1860 and early 1861. Then a confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and prompted the departure of four Upper South States from the Union. Here three senior historians explore the robust debates that took place between these momentous events. For five months...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Beginning with the spasms of secession in the Pelican State, Donald Frazier weaves a stirring tale of bravado, reaction and war as he describes the consequences of disunion for the hapless citizens of Louisiana and Texas.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xii, 388 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking and highly praised book, McClintock follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, D.C., McClintock highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens,...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
ix, 251 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Consists of a biographical essay on Henry Hotze; his contributions to Mobile newspapers during his military service in 1861; his correspondence with Confederate officials during his service in London; articles he published in London to influence British and European opinion; and his correspondence with, and published work in support of, Gobineau.
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 200 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Through diaries, photographs, and factual reenactments, these four episodes focus on the earlier years of the Civil War, including John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry; the first military engagement of the war at Fort Sumter; the first major battle at Bull Ron, and the mix of escaped slaves and educated African American men who made up the 65th Massachusetts regiment.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The clashes between President Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers went to the heart of Lincoln's presidency. Legal historian Simon brings to life the passionate struggle during the worst crisis in the nation's history, the Civil War. The issues that underlaid that crisis--race, states' rights, and the president's wartime authority--resonate today in the nation's political debate."...