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 Lincoln and the First Shot
Richard N. Current
Encapsulating the important political and
military issues on the eve of the Civil War! Lincoln had hoped to realize his
firm determination to preserve the Union through peaceful and non-provocative
measures. However, he was willing to accept war if he could avoid the blame for
having started it. As events turned out, he was no more the aggressor than was
Jefferson Davis. In these pages, Current retraces step by step the influences
and events that shaped Lincoln’s controversial April policy, beginning with the
new president’s rather furtive arrival in Washington and concluding with the
mobilization for war. The Sumter question, as the author points out, “reflects
and in turn casts light upon the national tradition of avoiding the ‘first
shot.’ It concerns the events that led directly to the Civil War, the greatest
of wars from the American point of view. And it involves problems of historical
evidence and interpretation that have more fascination than even the best of
ordinary puzzles.” $15.50 list, 230 pages 10-digit ISBN: 0-88133-498-7 13-digit ISBN: 978-0-88133-498-2 © 1963
Table of Contents
1. Determination |