Only hours after being sworn in, Lincoln faced the most momentous decision in presidential history
After Fort Sumter fell, a secessionist mob in Baltimore rioted and blocked the passage of Federal troops to Washington, D.C
Only hours after being sworn in, Lincoln faced the most momentous decision in presidential history.
Every presidential election is exciting when it happens. Then the passing of time usually makes the outcome seem less than crucial. But after more than a century and a quarter, the election of 1860 retains its terrible urgency.
THE WAY I SEE IT
Was the old South solidly for slavery and secession? An eminent historian disputes a long-cherished view of that region’s history