William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War

Authors

Ben H. Severance

ISBN

9780807830275

Price

$39.95 hardcover

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Abstract

Alabama's Leading Fire-Eater

William Lowndes Yancey of Alabama is probably best known for orchestrating the destruction of the Democratic Party in 1860. In leading the southern delegation out of the Charleston Convention that year, Yancey helped ensure the election of Abraham Lincoln to t....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.9.3.27

Recommended Citation

Severance, Ben H. (2007) "William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 9 : Iss. 3 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.9.3.27
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol9/iss3/27