Author: Tooley, Mark.
Title: The peace that almost was : the forgotten story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the final attempt to avert the Civil War.
Description: Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, [2015]. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xvi,297 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - A narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed. In February 1861, most of Americaaes great statesmenUincluding a former president, dozens of current and former senators, Supreme Court justices, governors, and congressmenUcame together at the historic Willard Hotel in a desperate attempt to stave off Civil War. Seven southern states had already seceded, and the conferees battled against time to craft a compromise to protect slavery and thus preserve the union and prevent war. Participants included former President John Tyler, General William Shermanaes Catholic step-father, General Winfield Scott, and Lincolnaes future Treasury Secretary, Salmon ChaseUand from a room upstairs at the hotel, Lincoln himself. Revelatory and definitive, The Peace That Almost Was demonstrates that slavery was the main issue of the conferenceUand thus of the war itselfUand that no matter the shared faith, family, and friendships of the participants, ultimately no compromise could be reached ISBN 9780718022235.

Keywords: RECHT, history of law


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