At 4:30 A.M. on the morning of April 12, 1861, the first shots of the American Civil War rang out at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The events of that day would forever change our country and have long lasting ramifications on my ancestors in the South and the generations that followed them. This is the story of five of my ancestors, my 2nd great grandfathers, Henry Brasher, Claiborne Mayes Coffee, Leroy R. Hilton, and William Levi Speights, as well...
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