secession

Explains how the views and actions of state-appointed commissioners who attempted to persuade the political leadership and the citizens of the slave states to join in efforts to destroy the Union and forge a new Southern nation lead to the start of the Civil War.

Documents the history of the events surrounding the outbreak of the Civil War, and describes the 1861 battle at Fort Sumter; the opposing views on slavery, politics, and the future policies of the United States; and includes a chronology and time line.

Relates the sequence of events that led to the shelling of South Carolina's Fort Sumter by Confederate troops in 1861, marking the start of the Civil War.

Explores the significance of the Fort Sumter crisis that sparked the Civil War, seeking to show why certain forces drove the country into deadly conflict, and examining the lives and motives of key characters in the dispute, including William H. Seward, Abraham Lincoln, Major Robert Anderson, Francis W. Pickens, and William H. Russell.

Discusses the series of events that lead to the secession of the southern states from the Union and to the start of the Civil War in 1861.