Product Description: An examination of the importance and calibre of the debate in the Georgia state legislature over the question of secession from the Union in 1860. The text then widens its scope to cover the secession debate throughout the American South, and the arguments set forth on both sides of the issue...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Wise (1806-76) was extremely active on the Virginia and national political scene from the early 1830s to the mid-1860s, drawing popular support because of his projection of hopefulness and energy. Regarded as eccentric, Wise is given, in this study, an interpretation that finds consistency in his life-long controversial and impulsive behavior...read more