Acts of war: the Southern seizure of Federal property, 1860-1861

The Civil War began before shots were fired on Fort Sumter. During the four months between Lincoln’s election on November 7, 1860, and his inauguration on March 4, 1861, the Deep South seceded from the Union, seized all the federal forts, arsenals, navy yards, custom houses, revenue cutters, mints, courts and post offices within their borders except Fort Sumter in South Carolina, and Forts Pickens, Taylor, and Jefferson in Florida. This dissertation investigates the rationale, methods, and consequences of these dramatic captures. Northern and southern reaction to these aggressive measures demonstrate that the seizures were acts of war and show that the Civil War actually began long before Edmund Ruffin fired that famous first shot at Fort Sumter.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Alabama Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Deale, Rachel Katlyn

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Rable, George C.
• Kohl, Lawrence Frederick

Contributors dc:contributor

• Frederickson, Kari A.
• Gordon, Lesley J.
• Megraw, Richard B.

• History

Statement dc:rights

• All rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US, English

Dc Identifier Other

u0015_0000001_0002808
Deale_alatus_0004D_13156

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ir.ua.edu:123456789/3446