Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861
by By Lankford, Nelson D.
Category: History , United States , Civil War Period (1850-1877)

A re-creation of the eight weeks preceding the American Civil War vividly describes such events as Lincoln's inauguration, the attack at Fort Sumter, and Lincoln's call-to-arms proclamation, in an account that also considers if the conflict could have been peaceably avoided. By the author of Richmond Burning.