Lincoln and the Decision for War by Russell Mcclintock
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, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. He argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan newspapers and officials, the decision fell into the hands of an ever-smaller group of people until finally it was Lincoln alone who would choose whether the future of the American republic was to be determined through peace or by sword.-
Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill
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Gettysburg--the Second Day
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Learning from the Wounded
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In the Hands of Providence
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Fighting for the Confederacy
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Gettysburg--the First Day
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Glorious Contentment
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When Sherman Marched North from the Sea
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Retreat from Gettysburg
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Pickett's Charge in History and Memory
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Lee Considered
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Shenandoah 1862
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Meade at Gettysburg
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Opium Slavery
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Vicksburg
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Battle Hymns
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Benjamin Franklin Butler
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Burying the Dead but not the Past
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Pea Ridge
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Pickett's Charge--the Last Attack at Gettysburg
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Bentonville
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Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America
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The Heart of Hell
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The Alabama and the Kearsarge
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Living by Inches
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Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain
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Andersonville
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Lee and His Army in Confederate History
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U. S. Grant
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River of Death-the Chickamauga Campaign, Volume 1
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Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
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The War That Made America
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A Campaign of Giants-the Battle for Petersburg
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Sherman's Civil War
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Roots of Secession
Russell McClintock earned his Ph.D. in U.S. history from Clark University and now teaches at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807871546 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807871540 |
| Title | Lincoln and the Decision for War |
| Author | Russell Mcclintock |
| Series | Civil War America |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 2010-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |