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Preparing for the outbreak of the Civil War...
Preparing for the outbreak of the Civil War...
Item # 723106
March 29, 1861
THE WORLD, New York City, March 29, 1861
* Start of the Civil War close (Fort Sumter)
* Tensions at a boiling point in the South
* Southern slavery and the Confederacy
* History about to be made
From just days before the outbreak of the Civil War, this issue has some reports on the impending conflict.
The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "STATE OF THE NATION" with various subheads. (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, uncut and untrimmed, light creasing with toning and a little wear at the folds, generally in good condition.
AI notes: On March 28, 1861, the United States was in a state of intense pre–Civil War tension. Just over a month earlier, Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as president on March 4, and the secession crisis was deepening as Southern states solidified their departure from the Union. By this date, seven Southern states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—had declared secession, forming the initial Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis soon to be inaugurated as its president. The federal government was struggling to assert authority over federal forts in the South, particularly Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, which would soon become the flashpoint of the war. Political tensions were heightened by debates over the legitimacy of secession, the use of force against seceded states, and the balance between states’ rights and federal authority. Economically and socially, the nation was divided over slavery, with Southern leaders defending it as essential to their agrarian economy and Northern abolitionists increasingly vocal. Public sentiment in the North ranged from cautious hope for compromise to calls for firmness, while the South increasingly prepared for conflict, signaling that a military confrontation was likely inevitable within weeks.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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