Historian Fuller (Indianapolis) and his of his colleagues to take a fresh look at the most important election in American history. The first four essays look at Lincoln as political organizer, Douglas ...

The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had ...

Here are the burning questions of Union and states' rights, John Brown at Harpers Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumter, and the jubilant rush to arms on both ...