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Tag Archives: Fort Sumter
Maine at War: September 2021
With 9/11’s 20th anniversary occurring in September, my Maine at War blog focused on comparisons with Fort Sumter and its aftermath. September 1, 2021: Efforts are under way to preserve a 5th Maine Battery site at Gettysburg The American Battlefield … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 5th Maine Battery, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, 9/11, Abner R. Small, Brian Swartz, Bridgton Reporter, Charles Armory Clark, Charles W. Lowe, Enoch Knight, Flight 93, Fort Sumter, Foxcroft Academy, Frank S. Hesseltine, George O. Hall, Henry Fairbanks, Piscataquis Observer, R. H. Stanley, Republican Journal, Waterville, William H. Simpson
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The Storm Burst, 1861
“On April 13 the storm burst and rolled several hundred thousand young men like Henry Adams into the surf of a wild ocean, all helpless like himself, to be beaten about for four years by the waves of war.” — … Continue reading
“And So We Took Fort Sumter”
April 6, 1861. The plot thickens. The air is red-hot with rumors. The mystery is to find out where these utterly groundless tales originate.[i] April 7, 1861. [Private section of the diary] News so warlike I quake. My husband speaks … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles
Tagged Civil War Women, Confederate women, Fort Sumter, James Chesnut, Mary Chesnut, Primary Sources
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Question of the Week: 4/12-4/18/21
Have you visited Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina? What was your favorite historic site in the city or around the harbor or what do you most look forward to exploring?
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Question of the Week
Tagged Fort Sumter, Question of the Week
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On The Eve Of War: Charleston, South Carolina
Sound of cannon wasn’t exactly new in April 1861 in Charleston, South Carolina. A few months early on November 10, 1860, a celebration cannon had been fired on November 10, 1860, after the locals heard that the state’s legislature was … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary
Tagged 160th Anniversary, Charleston, Fort Sumter, on-the-eve-of-war
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On The Eve of War: Buffalo, New York
The morning sunrise on February 16, 1861, slowly turned the blanket of snow that covered Buffalo, New York, overnight into mud. Though the mud would only worsen by street walkers, horses’ hooves, and carriage wheels, Buffalo’s citizens knew they had … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 3/29-4/4/21
Would you have tried to send supplies to Fort Sumter in 1861? Or would you have tried a different course of action for the stand-off in Charleston Harbor?
ECW on C-SPAN 3: Mark Maloy and Fort Sumter
Mark Maloy’s talk on Fort Sumter from the ECW virtual symposium will air on C-SPAN 3’s “American History TV” this weekend. Check out “The First Shots of the Civil War,” which recounts the tale of Charleston and Fort Sumter in … Continue reading
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Tagged American History TV, C-SPAN, Fort Sumter, Mark Maloy, Virtual Symposium
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Virtual Symposium 2020: The First Shots of the Civil War
Today, we’re pleased to share Mark Maloy’s talk from the 2020 ECW Virtual Symposium. Mark, who once worked at Fort Sumter in Charleston, spoke on “The First Shots of the Civil War.” “I really enjoy the story of the first … Continue reading
Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter
On April 14, 1861—today, one hundred and fifty-nine years ago—Maj. Robert Anderson marched his garrison out of Fort Sumter after weathering a barrage that began two days previously. The assault on Fort Sumter started the Civil War. On April 14, … Continue reading
