![]() Adam Goodheart takes us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the deserts of Nevada, from Boston Common to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at this moment of ultimate crisis and decision. 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. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.Īs the United States 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. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division By Adam Goodheart ApOn May 23, 1861, little more than a month into the Civil War, three young black men rowed across the James. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. Adam Goodheart, 1861: The Civil War Awakening. ![]() And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States, he wrote. ![]() ![]() Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. To Lincoln, freedom was in itself a form of authorityindeed, the only legitimate form of authority, as the only alternative was authoritarianism. ![]()
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