Prologue: "Let Us Press On": April-June, 1861 | p. 1 |
A Nation with Its "Hands Full": The Republic on the Eve of 1860 | p. 18 |
"Douglas or Nobody": The Democrats | p. 51 |
Principles and the "Duty to Recognize" None: The Constitutional Union and Liberty Parties | p. 83 |
"Moving Heaven and Earth": The Republicans | p. 110 |
"Beyond the Power of Surgery": The Democrats, Again | p. 149 |
"Lincoln Is the Next President. I Will Go South": The Campaigns | p. 176 |
"The Union Is Dissolved": The Lower South Secedes | p. 215 |
"Others to Share the Burden": Two Governments Prepare | p. 248 |
"All Our Labor Is Lost": Compromise Committees and the Washington Peace Conference | p. 285 |
Epilogue: "To act the Part of a Patriot": March-April, 1861 | p. 317 |
Appendix: 1860 Election Scenarios and Possible Outcomes | p. 335 |
Acknowledgments | p. 339 |
Notes | p. 343 |
Index | p. 387 |
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