Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War
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AlbakiReads Editorial The six-month crisis before Fort Sumter
The six-month crisis before Fort Sumter
David Detzer centers the opening of the Civil War on the fraught months between Lincoln’s election and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861. The book traces a chain of political and military crises through the people making consequential decisions: federal officials in Washington, politicians, soldiers, and Major Robert Anderson, the Fort Sumter commander. As supplies dwindled and efforts to avoid conflict narrowed, the account examines how competing loyalties, uncertainty, and official inaction shaped the confrontation. Its focus on the prolonged lead-up gives Fort Sumter context as a developing national emergency rather than a single isolated battle.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in the political and military origins of the U.S. Civil War
- Those seeking a Fort Sumter–centered account of 1860–61
- History readers interested in decision-making during national crises
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Fort SumterOutbreak of the Civil WarPolitical leadershipMilitary commandLoyalty and conflict
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Book Overview Original and deeply human, this tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians...
Original and deeply human, this tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians, and dedicated soldiers, is a clear and intimate portrait of the prolonged drama that unfolded at Fort Sumter and incited the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
The six-month-long agony that began with Lincoln's election in November sputtered from one crisis to the next, and finally exploded as the soldiers at Sumter neared starvation. With little help from Washington, D.C., Major Robert Anderson, a soldier whose experience had taught him above all that war is the poorest form of policy, almost single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war until he finally had no choice but to fight.
Skillfully re-created from a decade of extensive research, Allegiance exposes the passions that led to the fighting, the sober reflections of the man who restrained its outbreak, and the individuals on both sides who changed American history forever.
The six-month-long agony that began with Lincoln's election in November sputtered from one crisis to the next, and finally exploded as the soldiers at Sumter neared starvation. With little help from Washington, D.C., Major Robert Anderson, a soldier whose experience had taught him above all that war is the poorest form of policy, almost single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war until he finally had no choice but to fight.
Skillfully re-created from a decade of extensive research, Allegiance exposes the passions that led to the fighting, the sober reflections of the man who restrained its outbreak, and the individuals on both sides who changed American history forever.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 400 | Language: English | Publisher: MARINER BOOKS | ISBN: 015600741X
FormatPaperback
Pages400
LanguageEnglish
ISBN015600741X
EAN9780156007412
PublisherMARINER BOOKS
Publication Date2002-04-12
EditionFirst Edition
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.97 Pounds
Length9.11 Inches
Width6.04 Inches
Height1.06 Inches
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