Download or read book Abraham Lincoln and the US Constitution, 1861-1865 written by Nicolas Gachon and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a historical and documented account of the constitutional issues underlying President Abraham Lincoln’s determination to save the Union between 1861 and 1865. It provides students of US history and politics with a simple, precise approach to the complex power game between the three branches of the federal government. While both the Civil War and the Emancipation issue are present across the different chapters, the book focuses on constitutional issues to provide a clear analysis of the way Lincoln used or misused the US Constitution in a context of emergency.