The Battle of Fort Sumter: A Captivating Guide to the First Battle of the American Civil War (Battles of the Civil War) - Softcover

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Discover the events behind the first engagement of the American Civil War, the Battle of Fort Sumter, that unfolded from April 12th to April 14th, 1861, in this captivating book.

The heart of the Southern secessionist movement was in Charleston, South Carolina. This bustling harbor town on the southeastern coast of America was home to politicians, civilians, and militia loyal to the newly formed Confederate States of America. These “Rebels,” as they were known to the Northern Yankees, were just itching to start a real fight with the federal government. The Confederates considered President Abraham Lincoln’s government to be tyrannical in its intentions to abolish slavery and permanently alter the Southern way of life.

Huddled insecurely in the last federal outpost of Charleston Harbor, the insubstantial Union garrison of Fort Sumter took a final and brave stand to protect disappearing federal property in the South. General P. G. T. Beauregard, the first elected commander of the Confederate Army, took his first pop at the fort in the early hours of Friday morning, April 12th. The sky above Fort Sumter remained alight with artillery fire for a further thirty-four hours, much to the delight of the Charleston residents, who swarmed toward the shores to watch the display. By April 14th, the fort changed into Rebel hands, and it remained there for the duration of the war—the only eastern sea fort to do so.

In this book, you will learn:

• That both sides of the divide, North and South, were arrogant and presumptuous about the potential outcome of secession
• How the Battle of Fort Sumter was the moment that split America in two
• Why holding Fort Sumter was a brilliant political move by President Lincoln
• About the men who suffered within the fort during its bombardment
• Why only six out of sixty guns could be employed for Sumter’s defense
• That Charleston was the symbolic key to the start and the end of the Civil War
• Why the Federals never managed to recapture the fort
• That April 14th was the fateful day that linked the beginning and end of the American Civil War.

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