Sumter After the First Shots: The Untold Story of America's Most Famous Fort until the End of the Civil War - Hardcover

Smith, Derek

 
9780811716147: Sumter After the First Shots: The Untold Story of America's Most Famous Fort until the End of the Civil War
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0811716147 ISBN 13: 9780811716147
Verlag: Stackpole Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Everyone knows the story of how the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, but what happened to the fort after the first shots were fired there? The North wanted to restore Sumter to its rightful place in the Union and close the vital Confederate supply port of Charleston while the South needed to defend its birthplace and keep the supplies flowing--thus making Fort Sumter one of the most fervently attacked and most tenaciously defended pieces of real estate in the United or Confederate States of America throughout four years of war.

  • Recounts the bombardments, naval battles, and amphibious attacks waged for possession of Fort Sumter, Charleston, and its harbor
  • Focuses on the human element, from squabbling Confederate and Union commanders to the common soldiers inside the fort and the men and women of Charleston
  • Features notable figures such as Robert E. Lee and P. G. T. Beauregard; the 54th Massachusetts, the black regiment made famous by the movie Glory; and the Confederate submarine Hunley

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    Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

    Derek Smith is a journalist and the author of several Civil War books, including The Gallant Dead and In the Lion’s Mouth. A native of Bishopville, South Carolina, he lives in Williamsville, New York.

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    Verlag
    Stackpole Books
    Erscheinungsdatum
    2015
    Sprache
    Englisch
    ISBN 10 
    0811716147
    ISBN 13 
    9780811716147
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    Gebundene Ausgabe
    Anzahl der Seiten
    384
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