S2 Episode 11: Wow This is Awkward Part Deux

Neverland Underground

written by John Darling

More than 240 years ago, our great nation declared its independence, severing its ties to Great Britain.  But the road towards stability was fraught with discord.  In 1861, a bitter divide between the north and the south plunged the United States of America into Civil War.  And this couldn’t have come at a worse time for the city of Neverland; our town had only been in existence for two short years.   Neverland was so nascent it was even money whether or not it was even going to survive, and suddenly our entire nation was torn asunder!

Only two minor battles were fought on Ohio soil, but that didn’t mean that our proud State was about to stand on the sidelines.  The State of Ohio distinguished itself in a number of ways during the War Between the States.  For one thing, Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief of the Union army, was, himself, Ohio-born.  What’s more, some 320,000 Buckeyes enlisted in the Union Army, making Ohio third behind only New York and Pennsylvania in total manpower contributed to the Northern war effort.