Title: "We have the war upon us"
Description: Presents a revisionist account of the period between Lincoln's election and the firing on Fort Sumter, evaluating the contributions of key figures and the circumstances that contributed to the Civil War's inevitability.
Subjects: Politics and government, Secession, Causes, History
Places: United States, Southern States
People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, 1857-1861