The Christoph Dully family entered the New World in 1859 from Germany on the cusp of the Civil War, which would soon completely engulf the United States. Settling in Elm Grove, Illinois-in the heart of the Midwest and the center of Abe Lincoln's homeland-Christoph and his son Michael immediately become involved in the dangerous activities of the Underground Railroad, established to aid Black slaves escape bondage from the Confederate States. Based on true stories of not only the Christoph Dully family but also of those struggling, fighting and surviving during the Civil War-combined with...