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What if Douglas instead of Lincoln had won the presidential election of 1860? What if the Confederates had pushed their advantage and advanced on Washington following their victory at Bull Run? What if Lincoln had not been assassinated? Questions like these help historians answer other broader queries such as: Was the Civil War inevitable? Could the South really have won the war?
This book examines key events and decisions of the Civil War, giving some of the subject's foremost experts a chance to reflect on the actualities of what could have (and what could not have) happened. Each of the chronologically arranged sections briefly introduces a topic, poses a counter-historical question and presents the responses of several leading scholars, and synthesizes and recaps these often divergent opinions. The work concludes with survey results from the panel of experts regarding several all-encompassing Civil War topics.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by Keith E. Gibson
Acknowledgments
The Panel of Civil War Experts
Preface
1. On the Brink: Secession
2. The Pinch Comes: Fort Sumter
3. Like a Stone Wall: Bull Run
4. Grant's Beginning, Johnston's End: Fort Donelson and Shiloh
5. Saving Richmond: The Peninsula, the Valley and the Seven Days
6. Rebels on the Move: Second Manassas, Antietam and Perryville
7. Stalemate: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Stones River
8. Showdown in Pennsylvania: Gettysburg
9. Mortal Wounds: Vicksburg, Chickamauga and Chattanooga
10. Grant against Lee: The Overland Campaign
11. Wearing Down the South: Atlanta, Petersburg and the Election of 1864
12. A Just and Lasting Peace: Appomattox and Assassination
Appendix: Surveying the Experts
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
