The Joe Rooz Show

On this episode of The Joe Rooz Show, Joe sits down with author, attorney, historian, and professor C. Evan Stewart for a fascinating reexamination of the months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the outbreak of the Civil War.

Stewart's latest book, William Henry Seward's Quest to Save the Nation During the Secession Winter, challenges the familiar historical narrative surrounding the crisis of 1860–1861.

While President-elect Abraham Lincoln remained publicly silent in Springfield, Illinois, William Henry Seward—the former New York governor, U.S. senator, Republican Party leader, and Lincoln's future Secretary of State—went to Washington and began working to keep the Union together. Watch here on YouTube or listen here on Spotify.