A dramatic account of the actions and attitudes behind the even that began the Civil War. Vast research in private papers, legislative records, and newspapers h

In December 1860, South Carolinians voted to abandon the Union, sparking the deadliest war in American history. Led by a proslavery movement that viewed Abraham

The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 initiated a heated debate throughout the South about what Republican control of the federal government woul

Charles Dew’s Apostles of Disunion has established itself as a modern classic and an indispensable account of the Southern states’ secession from the Union.

Fresh analysis revises many previous theories on origins & significance of the nullification controversy.