<p>Though Abraham Lincoln took center stage in a divided country, a political rival-turned-ally had a major influence on national affairs during Lincoln's presidency. William Henry Seward, U.S. senator and former governor, lost the Republican Party nomination for president in 1860, but aided Lincoln's election by touring the country on behalf of the Republican ticket. As some Southern states prepared to withdraw from the Union, Secretary of State Seward sought to reunite the country. This biography explores Seward's political power and the theory that, as president, he might have prevented the Civil War.</p>

William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis: The Effort to Prevent Civil War

Biographies & Memoirs

Denton, Lawrence M.

Historical

McFarland Company

<p>Maryland did not freely choose to remain in the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War, this book argues: the state was held by brute force. A colorful account of the dilemmas faced by Marylanders in the crisis as seen from the Southern point of view.</p>

A Southern Star for Maryland: Maryland and the Secession Crisis

History

Americas

Chesapeake Book Company

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