Lincoln and the triumph of the nation: Constitutional conflict in the American civil war

Abstract

The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution, and the ways the documents shaped the struggle for national survival. © 2011 The University of North Carolina Press. All rights reserved.