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William Wood. PREFACE SIXTY years ago today the guns that thundered round Fort Sumter began the third and greatest modern civil war fought by English - speaking people . This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two- the ...
William Wood. PREFACE SIXTY years ago today the guns that thundered round Fort Sumter began the third and greatest modern civil war fought by English - speaking people . This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two- the ...
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... forts defending her famous cotton port of Charleston . These defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were ... Fort Johnson over 1 THE CLASH: 1861 Page.
... forts defending her famous cotton port of Charleston . These defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were ... Fort Johnson over 1 THE CLASH: 1861 Page.
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... Fort Sumter , which then stood , un- finished and ungarrisoned , on a little islet beside the main ship channel , at the entrance to the har- bor , and facing Fort Moultrie just a mile away . The proper war garrison of all the forts ...
... Fort Sumter , which then stood , un- finished and ungarrisoned , on a little islet beside the main ship channel , at the entrance to the har- bor , and facing Fort Moultrie just a mile away . The proper war garrison of all the forts ...
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... Fort Moultrie slipped over to Fort Sumter under cover of the dark , quietly removed Floyd's workmen , who were mostly Baltimore Secessionists , and began to prepare for defense . Next morning Charleston was furious and began to prepare ...
... Fort Moultrie slipped over to Fort Sumter under cover of the dark , quietly removed Floyd's workmen , who were mostly Baltimore Secessionists , and began to prepare for defense . Next morning Charleston was furious and began to prepare ...
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... Fort San Carlos , where , up to that time , the powder had been kept . This fort , though lying close beside the barracks , had always been unoccupied ; so the Secessionists looked forward to an easy capture . But , to their dismay , an ...
... Fort San Carlos , where , up to that time , the powder had been kept . This fort , though lying close beside the barracks , had always been unoccupied ; so the Secessionists looked forward to an easy capture . But , to their dismay , an ...
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