![]() ![]() The book introduces us to a heretofore little-known cast of Civil War heroes-among them an acrobatic militia colonel, an explorer’s wife, an idealistic band of German immigrants, a regiment of New York City firemen, a community of Virginia slaves, and a young college professor who would one day become president. It set Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness, and millions of slaves on the road to freedom. ![]() Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents’ faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. ![]() As America marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began.ġ861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. ![]()
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