Bibliograph

Sumter after the first shots, the untold story of America's most famous fort until the end of the Civil War, Derek Smith

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Sumter after the first shots, the untold story of America's most famous fort until the end of the Civil War, Derek Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-363) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sumter after the first shots

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

904335807

Responsibility statement

Derek Smith

Sub title

the untold story of America's most famous fort until the end of the Civil War

Table Of Contents

"I have possession of Sumter" -- Dueling blue bloods and whispers of mutiny: 1862 -- A gathering of leviathans: 1863 -- Du Pont's attack: "A grand and imposing spectacle" -- "He may knock Fort Sumter to pieces" -- "I could scarcely restrain my tears" -- "Hold the fort to the last" -- "I will assault Sumter tonight" -- "Sumter...laughs at her enemy" -- "Fort Sumter can be taken at any time:" 1864 -- "They have killed me, captain..." -- "God has laid us very low": 1865 -- Epilogue: the postwar years

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