This episode contains biographies of Presidents Lincoln and Davis and a description of the Battle of Fort Sumter and its immediate aftermath.  The second-wave secession resolutions of Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee followed those of their seven predecessors.  The stakes were set: 11 Confederate States, four border states, and 19 United States after the recent addition of Kansas.

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