Lincoln's first crisis : Fort Sumter and the betrayal of the president /
Johnson, William Bruce,
Lincoln's first crisis : Fort Sumter and the betrayal of the president / William Bruce Johnson. - v, 435 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
""Lincoln's First Crisis" covers four of the most consequential months in American history: December 1860 through April 1861. In this thoughtful, careful reassessment, Johnson reconstructs the beginning of the Civil War, when Lincoln bested his rivals and established himself as commander in chief, doing so on his own political, moral, and military terms that helped lay the foundation for meaningful Union victory"--
9780811739405 0811739406
2019050526
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Secession.
United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Lincoln's first crisis : Fort Sumter and the betrayal of the president / William Bruce Johnson. - v, 435 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
""Lincoln's First Crisis" covers four of the most consequential months in American history: December 1860 through April 1861. In this thoughtful, careful reassessment, Johnson reconstructs the beginning of the Civil War, when Lincoln bested his rivals and established himself as commander in chief, doing so on his own political, moral, and military terms that helped lay the foundation for meaningful Union victory"--
9780811739405 0811739406
2019050526
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Secession.
United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865