Lincoln and the triumph of the nation constitutional conflict in the American Civil War /

Main Author: Neely, Mark E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Series:The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10521885
Table of Contents:
  • Secession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation
  • Habeas corpus, the nation, and the presidency
  • The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph of nationalism over racism and the constitution
  • Soldiers in the courtroom
  • The nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war
  • Secession : deratifying the constitution
  • The police state of Richmond
  • State rights in the confederacy.