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Authentic voices shape this fresh look at a familiar story, the American Civil War, beginning with the rapid buildup of tension between North and South and continuing into early summer of 1862. But the narrative grip comes through the eyes of civilians, trapped in the conflicts of obedience to government and historic refusal to participate in warfare. Their options press with insistence (enlisting, fleeing, buying a substitute, or paying a fee) as the demands intensify. From the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to Chicago and Iowa, five narrators tell the experiences of Amish, Mennonite, and German Baptist communities of conscience. Whether following an inquisitive girl in the mountains, an eager young man transplanted in the city's promise, or a bishop determined to hold the line with pioneers in Iowa, readers will choose their heroes- and villains-in-the-making. In this opening book of the series the ominous shadows of duty and belief intertwine with characters' desires and fears, leading toward restless resolutions.
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John Christopher Miller was born at Werdenhausen, Germany, in 1759. He married Hanna Franciska Stratman (1765-1818), daughter of Christian Frederick Stratman in 1788. They had seven children, 1789-1803, all born at Hofgeismar, Germany. The family immigrated to the United States in 1805 and settled in Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They migrated to Madison Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1815. He died at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1822. Descendants lived in Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere.
George H. Keener (1829-1878) was born in Würtemburg, Bavaria, Germany. He married Veronica (Fannie) Stauffer (1826-1914) in 1854. He immigrated to Lancaster Co., Pa. in 1848. Veronica Stauffer left Bavaria for Lancaster Co. in 1841. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and elsewhere.
Christian Streit was born in 1750 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, married in 1773 to Mary M. Myers and later to Barbara Shares. He died 18 Sept. 1823 in Conowego Township, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
4035 entries to journal articles and monographs published between 1971-1980. Intended for parents, educators, researchers, and practitioners. Sources were publications from all countries in fields of psychology, education, medicine, and social sciences. Classified arrangement. Each entry gives author, title, abstract, author's institution, and bibliographical information. Subject, author indexes.