Brink of Destruction
Subtitle: A Quotable History of the Civil War
Edition: Illustrate edition
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Published: March 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781581820058
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; c 1800 to c 1900; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States; United States - Civil War; Civil War, 1861-1865; History; Quotations, American; Quotations, maxims, etc
First sentence: WELL BEFORE 1832, when South Carolina first attempted to secede from the Union (a move which was quickly put down by President Andrew Jackson), Americans had begun to regard themselves as not only citizens of a new republic but also as either Northerners or Southerners.