Description: The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution, and the ways the documents shaped the struggle for national survival.
Review Quotes: "Mark Neely is a distinguished and evocative interpreter of Lincoln, the Civil War, and mid-nineteenth-century politics. Full of fresh insight and profound research, "Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation" is a compelling and fascinating look at the constitutional history of both the United States and the Confederate States in the Civil War."--Jean H. Baker, Goucher College, author of "Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography"