Includes bibliographical references (pages [69]-71).
Contents:
Introduction -- Overview -- Background -- Designs for division and dismemberment -- Precipitation : the critical events of 1859 and 1860 -- The first act of secession : Virginia -- Constitutional legerdemain : seceding from a seceded state -- On the battlefield -- Rogue statehood -- Lincoln's concerns and congressional intent -- West Virginia constitutions and politics -- Epilogue.
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