The presidents' war six American presidents and the Civil War that divided them
Tells the story of how five ex-presidents--for and against Abraham Lincoln (but mostly against)--maneuvered, seceded, plotted, advised and aided during the Civil War while Lincoln navigated the minefield they created.
| Main Author: | DeRose, Chris |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: in Jackson's time
- I met nullification at its threshold
- The freshmen
- The setting sun
- ... and Tyler, too
- War in Mexico!
- The 30th Congress
- A final settlement
- A hell of a storm
- The final election of the old America
- General Jackson is dead!
- The first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois
- A startling tide of reckless fanaticism
- Five against Lincoln
- The gathering storm
- The tug has to come
- The last winter of peace
- That all will yet be well
- Home again
- Breakfast at Fort Sumter
- The meeting that never was
- The border states
- Twilight at Wheatland, dawn at Manassas
- To lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game
- Capture on the high seas
- The bottom is out of the tub
- Greenbacks and ironclads
- Any explanations which you may offer would be acceptable
- West and east
- The very vortex of hell
- Destroy the rebel army, if possible
- A continuation of war by other means
- A storm of lead
- If my name ever goes into history, it will be for this act
- We are ruined
- The brave men, living and dead
- The Fourth of July
- A new birth of freedom
- Our old home
- Those not skinning can hold a leg
- Not unworthy to remain in my present position
- The last full measure
- Epilogue: do not despair of the republic.