APR 1861 — Sumter — the house divides

ON THE GROUND

eleven states in rebellion — the Confederacy at its founding extent
slave states that stayed in the Union — Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri; emancipation’s exemptions until the 13th Amendment
the Kansas–Missouri guerrilla country — ambush, reprisal and Order No. 11; no front line ever ruled here

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CH 1 — A House Dividing CH 2 — Secession Winter

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