Contents
Introduction
1. Governor Beriah Magoffin
2. Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Senator John Jordan Crittenden
3. Crittenden Debated: Pro-Crittenden
4. Crittenden Debated: Anti-Crittenden
5. Exchange between Senators Charles Sumner and John J. Crittenden, February 12, 1861
6. Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Kentuckians
7. Selected Memorials, Petitions, and Resolutions to the Second Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, January–March 1861
8. Washington Peace Conference
9. Neutrality Proclaimed
10. Border Slave State Convention
Appendix. Timeline for Secession Winter
Notes
Bibliography
Questions for Discussion
Index