- Author
- Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
- Date of Publication
- 1939
the policy of coercion substituted in its stead.
While Seward played for time and perhaps for peace Lincoln almost began
the war by a telegram on April 1 to the commander of the federal troops off
Pensacola harbor. Had his telegram been obeyed war would have begun at
once. But the naval officer in
