Chapter 16. Internal Struggle: The Civil War
David W. Gaddy
The greatest threat to the survival of the young republic came not from an external foe but from internal division. The secession of South Carolina in December 1860, followed by other Southern states and the formation of a rival Confederate States of America early the following year, left the Northern states in possession of the capital in Washington but bereft of the talent and territory that "went south." The four-year struggle that ensued was extraordinary in several respects. At the outset there were few, if any, secrets. Southerners had been at the seat of power for decades. For example, former Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee ...
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