"A very compelling read that will give you a better understanding of the Civil War and how it was fought."
"Monday, August 19, 1861, was a quiet and unassuming night in the Philidelphia suburb of West Chester, Pennsylvania - an ordinary night in an extraordinary time.
Through the shadows, as the clock on the towering courthouse nearby read almost midnight, a faceless group of men slid unnoticeably into the borough.
The intent of these unknown loyal Union men was to destroy the printing office of a legally publishing newspaper that had for years passionately argued politics between its eight pages.
"Amidst the high emotions of the day, its sole crime was that it stood squarely against the administration of Abraham Lincoln and its prosecution of the war."
Amidst the high emotions of the day, its sole crime was that it stood squarely against the administration of Abraham Lincoln and its prosecution of the war.
Within several hurs in the dead of night the Jeffersonian's vital subscription lists were destroyed, the printing type thrown out of the window, and the huge printing press was broken as best as possible by the sheer strength of the men. As such, it appeared a simple act of thuggery.
But the actions on this evening also set in motion one of the most calculated attacks on American liberty since the exploding cannon and dull thud of Revolutionary muskets ceased..."