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Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize winner author of Confederates in the Attic Penetrating, eloquent, and deeply moving, this is a classic introduction to the nation’s greatest conflict.” Sumter, secession, and Lincoln appear in a wonderfully fresh and illuminating light, supported by a cast of extraordinary players that few Americans know about. “1861 is the best book I have ever read on the start of the Civil War. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winner author of Battle Cry of Freedom

“Adam Goodheart is a Monet with a pen instead of a paintbrush. Like an impressionist painting, 1861 reveals layers of meaning and beauty as one studies it closely.” Goodheart’s book is an impressive accomplishment, a delightful read, and a valuable contribution that will entertain and challenge.” “Beautifully written and thoroughly original-quite unlike any other Civil War book out there.” “Doing what David McCullough’s 1776 did for the American Revolution, Goodheart’s book delivers a remarkably original and gripping account of the year the Civil War began.” … Goodheart shows us that even at 150 years’ distance there are new voices, and new stories, to be heard about the Civil War.”

“Hardly a page of this books lacks an important insight or a fact that beguiles the readers.

New York Times Book Review (cover review) “Exhilarating … inspiring … irresistible … ‘1861’ creates the uncanny illusion that the reader has stepped into a time machine.”