Why the Civil War?

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1958. First Edition. 208, notes, bibliography, index, ink name on front flyleaf blacked out with marker, small ding & slight soiling inside rear flyleaf. Clear plastic jacket on book. This book does not focus on the campaigns and battles of the Civil War. Rather, the author considers whether the war was irrepressible, whether Lincoln sincerely tried to avert war, whether the bloodless bombardment of Fort Sumter necessarily precipitated civil war, and other topics. Condition: good, clear plastic.

Keywords: Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Confederacy, Fort Sumter, Robert Anderson, Fort Pickens, William Seward, Gustavus Fox, Secession

[Book #55472]

Price: $50.00

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