The LaMar Family
The Battle of Vicksburg
March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln took office to be the 16th president of the United States. It was a time of uncertainty and debate as seven states had been planning on seceding from the Union to create the Confederacy under Jefferson Davis’ leadership. Tensions were high for months and on April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter, SC the dissension finally erupted effectively dividing the North & the South; starting the civil war, or “the War of the rebellion” according to official U.S. Records.
In 1861, Elisha Lamar and his twin brother Elijah were twenty years old living in a small Indiana town along the banks of the Ohio river, by the name of Troy. Elisha had married Nancy Lynch a year earlier on April 29th, 1860 and Elijah had married Mary Minor in May of 1861, their lives were ahead of them.
Until it wasn’t.