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
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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 conferees battled against time to craft a compromise to protect slavery and thus preserve the union and prevent war.

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  • Contributor(s) Mark Tooley
  • Narrator(s)
  • About the Contributor(s)

    Mark Tooley is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, DC. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Review Online, The Washington Examiner, The Chicago Tribune, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Christianity Today, World, and Gettysburg. He writes regularly for The American Spectator and The Weekly Standard and lives outside of northern Virginia.
  • ISBN-13 9780718022235
  • Publish Date 07/14/2015
  • Publisher Thomas Nelson
  • Series
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
  • Age Range Adult
  • Weight (lbs) 1.04 lb
  • Case Weight (lbs) 24.97 lb
  • Case Quantity 24
  • Dimensions 9.25(h) x 6.45(w) x 1.2(d) inches
  • Pages 320
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  • Price $18.89
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