James Ostrowski - Lincoln's Secession Arguments. By James Ostrowski* Paper delivered at the first-ever academic conference on secession--"Secession, State, and Economy", sponsored by the Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, April 7-9, 1995. *Member of the bar of New York (1984); Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1983); State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A. Philosophy, 1980). The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Trina Lowmaster (State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A.
Political Science, 1994) in the preparation of this article. On May 27, 1861, the army of the United States of America (the "Union")--a nation formed by consecutive secessions, first from Great Britain in 1776, and then from itself in 17881--invaded the State of Virginia,2 which had recently seceded from the Union, in an effort to negate that secession by violent force.
The Civil War caused and allowed a tremendous expansion of the size and power of the federal government. The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady. Background Many historians call the Civil War the central event in U.S. history. The formation of the Constitution corrected the autonomy of individual states that the Articles of Confederation did not harness. Still, the young country struggled for 75 years to find a graceful balance between the power of the federal government and the several states. The rights of states and the issue of slavery propelled the country into civil war. The sociology of the American Civil War can be viewed through a medium that was coming of age in the middle of the 19th century: photography. Other Resources The Library of Congress has over 1,000 photographs of the Civil War in its American Memory collection. McPherson, James. McPherson, James. The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War by historian Edward L.
The Photographs National Archives and Records Administration Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer Record Group 111 Article Citation. Getting the Civil War Right. Civil War Image Map/Battle Maps. Getting the Civil War Right. Secession" Secession, the withdrawal of part of a country or state from the central government's control. The withdrawal may be carried out peacefully or violently. Political conflicts that lead to secession are usually based on economic, cultural, or religious differences. In United States history the question of secession arose several times before the Civil War, but the term generally refers to the withdrawal of the Southern states from the Union in 1860–61. Secession has also been an issue in other countries. Panama in 1903 seceded from Colombia partly because of Colombian opposition to plans by the United States to construct the Panama Canal. In 1967 the Ibo tribe of Nigeria, unwilling to be ruled by other tribes of that African country, tried to set up the Eastern Region as the separate nation of Biafra.
In the United States From the time the U.S. Message Boards - The Legality of Secession in 1860. A Visit from Historian Shelby Foote. F.B. Carpenter Engraving of Abraham Lincoln, 1866, - Cowan's Auctions. Donald Heald Original Antique Books Prints and Maps. CARPENTER, Francis Bicknell (artist, 1830-1900). - Frederick W. HALPIN (1805-1880, engraver). Abraham Lincoln N.p.: copyright line dated 1866]. Steel engraved portrait, by Halpin after Carpenter, on India paper on original thick paper mount. Condition: various neat repairs, occasionally affecting the image area. Two tears to margins of the mount. Sheet size: 22 3/4 x 17 inches. A striking portrayal of one of the greatest American presidents A bust-length portrait of Lincoln with a beard looking half left, the image with integral engraved inscriptions, to the left "From life by F.B.
The portrait captures some of the complexity of character and magnanimous presence of Lincoln. Carpenter achieved contemporary success and reputation with a series of portraits of notable figures in American public life, but is now best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which hangs in the United States Capitol in Washington. Cf. Six months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln. The story of a picture. By F. B. Carpenter. Lincoln-Related Publications at Making of America.
Lincolniana in 1996. Another year in the field of Lincoln scholarship has passed. Yet, judging from the following bibliography, the scholarship goes on unabated. Not only is Lincoln scholarship maintaining a steady output in the traditional area of print material but it is also expanding into the ever-widening influence of alternative sources. The works of multimedia products now available in CD-ROM format are expanding at a rate greater than any area in Lincoln scholarship except for the Internet. The number of Internet sites now devoted or partially dealing with Abraham Lincoln is amazing. A cursory examination of the Internet using search software reveals over 10,000 documents that use the combination of Abraham Lincoln. As Internet use increases with more and more people purchasing computers, there will be a shift toward putting publications online.
This year's "Lincolniana" has expanded to include as many sources as could be identified. Articles "Abe Returns! Book, Video, and CD-ROM Reviews. The Civil War. American Civil War. The American Civil War was one of the earliest true industrial wars. Railroads, the telegraph, steamships, and mass-produced weapons were employed extensively. The mobilization of civilian factories, mines, shipyards, banks, transportation and food supplies all foreshadowed the impact of industrialization in World War I. It remains the deadliest war in American history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 750,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties.
[N 2] One estimate of the death toll is that ten percent of all Northern males 20–45 years old, and 30 percent of all Southern white males aged 18–40 died. From 1861 to 1865 about 620,000 soldiers lost their lives.[12] Causes of secession Slavery To settle the dispute over slavery expansion, Abolitionists and proslavery elements sent their partisans into Kansas, both using ballots and bullets. States' rights Main article: States' rights Sectionalism and cotton trade Status of the states, 1861. Territories Protectionism Ft. Civil War Trust: Saving America's Civil War Battlefields.