Encapsulating the important political and military issues on the eve of the Civil War! Lincoln had hoped to realize his firm determination to preserve the Union through peaceful and nonprovocative measures. However, he was willing to accept war if he could avoid the blame for having started it. As events turned out, he was no more the aggressor than was Jefferson Davis. In these pages, Current retraces step by step the influences and events that shaped Lincoln's controversial April policy, beginning with the new president's rather furtive arrival in Washington and concluding with the mobilization for war. The Sumter question, as the author points out, "reflects and in turn casts light upon the national tradition of avoiding the 'first shot.' It concerns the events that led directly to the Civil War, the greatest of wars from the American point of view. And it involves problems of historical evidence and interpretation that have more fascination than even the best of ordinary puzzles."
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A great breakdown of events leading up to Ft. Sumter, and a great analysis of the early relationship between Lincoln and his cabinet, esp. Secretary of state Seward (who at this early date mistakenly thought Lincoln was a puppet he could manipulate). All in all a fascinating read and a must for good civil war libraries.
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This book, originally published in the 1960s I believe, is a great introduction to the events from Lincoln's election to the firing on Ft. Sumter and the immediate aftermath. It does an excellent job of breaking down the differing options in front of Lincoln and the path he chose and why. As the previous reviewer noted, it also gives a nice look at some of the early relationships between Lincoln and his cabinet. There is also a good chapter from the Confederacy's point of view and a closing chapter on how historians had viewed Lincoln and his decision regarding Ft. Sumter from just after the war up until Current's writing. All in all, a well-written, engaging look at the beginning of the Civil War.
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- Why the Civil War Came (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books) by Gabor S. Boritt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery by Richard Striner in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Civil War: Primary Documents on Events from 1860 to 1865 (Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time) by Ford Risley on page 72, and Back Matter
- Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books) by Gabor S. Boritt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- One Nation, Indivisible? A Study of Secession and the Constitution by Robert F. Hawes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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