1861: the Civil War awakening

Prologue : a banner at daybreak : Charleston Harbor, December 1860

Wide awake : Boston, October 1860

The old gentlemen : Washington, January 1861

Forces of nature : central Ohio, February 1861

A shot in the dark : Charleston Harbor, April 1861

The volunteer : lower Manhattan, April 1861

Gateways to the west : Carson Valley, Nevada Territory, May 1861

The crossing : Washington, May 1861

Freedom's fortress : Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 1861

Independence Day : Washington, D.C., July 1861.