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The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War

By Mark Tooley
Hardcover
$26.99
By Mark Tooley
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A narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed.

In February 1861, most of America’s great statesmen—including a former president, dozens of current and former senators, Supreme Court justices, governors, and congressmen—came together at the historic Willard Hotel in a desperate attempt to stave off Civil War.

Seven southern states had already seceded, and the conf...

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HistoryCurrent Affairs & PoliticsUnited States HistoryUnited States Politics & Government19th Century United States History - Civil War19th Century United States History - General & MiscellaneousU.S. Politics - HistoryUnited States Civil War - General & Miscellaneous19th Century American History - Politics & Government - General & MiscellaneousU.S. Politics & Government - 1812 - 1860