Initially all but two of his cabinet members urged evacuation, as did his general-in-chief, General Winfield Scott. However, Radical Republicans and influential Northern business interests applied intense pressure on Lincoln and on his cabinet not to evacuate the fort. Radicals in the Senate threatened impeachment if the fort was evacuated (Catton and Catton, Two Roads to Sumter, p. 277).What are some other books tell the real story of the war and not the heavily propagandize version that it was over slavery?
>>24837293Is it good?I always thought the decision to not abandon Sumter was simply Lincoln's genius mixed with his propensity to shit on the Constitution.
