Shortly after the battle, four more states seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. George passed away in 1872, at age 50 at death place, Iowa. They had 4 daughters: Zua Reifsnyder (born Goodhart) and 3 other children. Nancy was born on May 9 1831, in Posey, Indiana, United States. The Union forces fell after intense bombardment, and the Civil War had begun. George married Nancy Goodheart (born Jacobs) on month day 1856, at age 34 at marriage place, Iowa. Starr Center for the Study of the American. In April 1861, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, a Union stronghold in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Includes black-and-white photos and illustrations. Adam Goodheart is the author of 1861:The Civil War Awakening. Hailed as “exhilarating….Inspiring…Irresistible…” by The New York Times Book Review, Adam Goodheart’s bestseller 1861 is an important addition to the Civil War canon. Their stories take us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the waters of the Chesapeake to the deserts of Nevada, from Boston Common to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at its moment of ultimate crisis and decision. A gripping and original account of how the Civil War began and a second American revolution unfolded, setting Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom.Īn epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields, 1861 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.

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