A retired National Parks historian for Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Richard Hatcher opens this new work on the history of Sumter with a look at its origins, as part of the nation’s coastal defense ...
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Fort Sumter – The First Shots of the Civil War
In April 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, igniting the American Civil War. The bombardment marked the start of four years of conflict. Donald Trump ...
Same as his "History of the fall of Fort Sumpter", 1896, with list of illustrations and plan added. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball ...
GREENVILLE — Well, it’s not much to look at. But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — ...
The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from Washington Fort ...
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