Howell Cobb Resigns From The Cabinet And Urges Georgia To Secede
After The Fact, Congressional Committees Hear Compromise Proposals
CHAPTER 268
The Free State Wyandotte Constitution Is Approved In Kansas
Abraham Lincoln Delivers His Famous Cooper Union Address In New York
President Buchanan Deliver His State Of The Union Address
Momentum Behind Disunion Builds In The South
Three More Southern States Secede Amid Calls For Calm
Respect For John Brown Grows From His Capture To His Execution
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Many Northerners Come To Regard Brown As A Martyr
The South Responds To The Harpers Ferry Raid
South Carolina Secedes From The Union
CHAPTER 266
The Lincoln – Douglas Debates Frame The National Divide Over Slavery
John Brown’s “Army” Attacks Harper’s Ferry
John Brown Gets Ready For His Attack In Virginia
Henry Seward’s “Irrepressible Conflict” Speech
The 1860 Campaign For President
CHAPTER 252
A Panicked Congress Forms Select Committees To Avoid Disunion
The 36th Congress Opens Amidst The Harpers Ferry Turmoil
A Congressional Investigation Of Harpers Ferry Solves Nothing
Buchanan Blames “The People Of The North” For Putting The Union
At Risk In His Final Congressional Address
Lincoln Begins A Senate Senate Campaign With His “House Divided” Speech
Republicans Win The Mid-Term House Elections
Oregon Enters The Union As A “Whites Only” State
Wisconsin Tries To Defy The U.S. Supreme Court On A Run-away Slave Case
South Carolina Delivers An Ultimatum
John Brown “Emancipates” More Slaves In Missouri
CHAPTER 267
Major Robert Anderson’s Heroic Move To Sumter Shocks All Sides
A New Constitutional Union Party Holds Its Convention
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The Democrat Party Fractures At Its Charleston Convention
The Supply Ship Star Of The West Is Fired Upon At Charleston Harbor
The Reconvening Democrats Nominate Two Separate Tickets
Lincoln Becomes America’s Sixteenth President
The North Misreads The Southern Threat Of Secession
The South Begins To Gear Up For War
Douglas Is Re-elected While Lincoln Becomes Famous
Major Robert Anderson Assumes Command Over Charleston Harbor
The Republicans Nominate Abraham Lincoln
A Slave State Designation For Kansas Ends When Voters Reject The “English Bill”
The Select Congressional Committees Fail To Find A Compromise
The South Demands A Congressional Act Sanctioning Slavery