The Opening Salvo
The Opening Salvo On April 12, 1861 at 4:30 a.m. secessionist Confederate batteries commanded by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard began the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston (S.C.) harbor....
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This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Southern Diaries, Letters and MemoirsMany of the fine details that we know about the Civil War have come down to us from diaries, letters and memoirs from the...
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This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Southern Diaries, Letters and MemoirsWithout the intercession of Ken Burns and his Civil War mini-series, we may never have known about Mary Boykin Chesnut and...
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