At the Precipice: Americans North and South during the Secession Crisis

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At thePrecipice THE LITTLEFIELD HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA Gary W. Gallagher and T. Michael Parrish, editors Supported by the Littlefield Fund for Southern History, University of Texas Libraries At thePrecipice AMERICANS NORTH and SOUTH during the SECESSION CRISIS Shearer Davis Bowman THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS CHAPEL HILL © 2010 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS All rights reserved. Set in Miller and Edwardian Script types by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowman, Shearer Davis. At the precipice : Americans north and south during the secession crisis / Shearer Davis Bowman. p. cm. — (Littlefield history of the Civil War era) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8078-3392-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. United States—Politics and government—1849–1861. 2. United States— History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Causes. 3. Secession—United States—History. I. Title. II. Title: Americans north and south during the secession crisis. E415.7.B64 2010 973.7′11—dc22 2010013478 141312111054321 ...