1. The Fluidity of the American Civil War
... In the world of 19th century self-made Americans, growing in prosperity, population and expanding westward, "freedom" could mean personal liberty or property rights. The unresolved difference would cause failure- first in their political institutions, then in their civil life together. Nationalism ... the resulting vacuum, the convention on secession reconvened and took power as the Unionist provisional government of Missouri. The inclusion of 24 secessionist counties Mobilization As the first seven states began organizing a Confederacy in Montgomery, the entire U.S. Army numbered 16,000...
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