The civil war the national view

abolish abolitionists administration amendment American anti-slavery army authority battle Buchanan cause Charleston Civil climate command Compromise Compromise of 1850 Confederacy Confederate confidence Congress Constitution Convention conviction cotton decision declared defense defined demanded Democratic difierence doctrine Dred Scott election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation England existence favor federacy Federal field fight fighting final first five fleet force Fort Sumter free colored free soil Georgia Grant hostile influence institution issue Jefferson Davis Johnston Kansas Kansas-Nebraska Bill Kentucky labor land Legislature Lincoln Louisiana McClellan ment military millions mind Mississippi Missouri Compromise moral negro Northern officers Ohio opinion Ordinance party peace political population Potomac president principles pro-slavery proclamation profit profitable question ratified rebellion Republican Revolution Richmond secession Senate Sherman slaveholding slavery soldiers South Carolina Southern sovereignty stitution Supreme Court surrender Tennessee Territories tion Union Union army United utterance Vicksburg Virginia vote Washington West