| Prologue "Let Us Press On": April-June, 1861 |
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Chapter 1 A Nation with Its "Hands Full": The Republic on the Eve of 1860 |
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Chapter 2 "Douglas or Nobody": The Democrats |
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51 | (32) |
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Chapter 3 Principles and the "Duty to Recognize" None: The Constitutional Union and Liberty Parties |
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83 | (27) |
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Chapter 4 "Moving Heaven and Earth": The Republicans |
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110 | (39) |
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Chapter 5 "Beyond the Power of Surgery": The Democrats, Again |
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149 | (27) |
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Chapter 6 "Lincoln Is the Next President. I Will Go South": The Campaigns |
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176 | (39) |
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Chapter 7 "The Union Is Dissolved": The Lower South Secedes |
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215 | (33) |
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Chapter 8 "Others to Share the Burdern": Two Governments Prepare |
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248 | (37) |
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Chapter 9 "All Our Labor Is Lost": Compromise Committees and the Washington Peace Conference |
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285 | (32) |
| Epilogue: "To Act the Part of a Patriot": March-April, 1861 |
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| Appendix 1860 Election Scenarios and Possible Outcomes |
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| Acknowledgments |
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339 | (4) |
| Notes |
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| Index |
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