Sumter After the First Shots: The Untold Story of America's Most Famous Fort until the End of the Civil War

by Derek Smith

Overview

Everyone knows the story of how the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, but what happened to the fort after the first shots were fired there? The North wanted to restore Sumter to its rightful place in the Union and close the vital Confederate supply port of Charleston while the South needed to defend its birthplace and keep the supplies flowing--thus making Fort Sumter one of the most fervently attacked and most tenaciously defended pieces of real estate in the United or Confederate States of America throughout four years of war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811763288
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	07/15/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Derek Smith is a journalist and the author of several Civil War books, including The Gallant Dead and In the Lion’s Mouth. A native of Bishopville, South Carolina, he lives in Williamsville, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Prologue 1

Chapter 1 "I Have Possession of Sumter" 11

Chapter 2 Dueling Blue Bloods and Whispers of Mutiny-1862 37

Chapter 3 A Gathering of Leviathans-1863 61

Chapter 4 Du Pont's Attack-"A Grand and Imposing Spectacle" 75

Chapter 5 "He May Knock Fort Sumter to Pieces" 101

Chapter 6 "I Could Scarcely Restrain My Tears" 125

Chapter 7 "Hold the Fort to the Last" 147

Chapter 8 "I Will Assault Sumter Tonight" 169

Chapter 9 "Sumter … Laughs at Her Enemy" 195

Chapter 10 "Fort Sumter Can Be Taken at Any Time"-1864 233

Chapter 11 "They Have Killed Me, Captain …" 261

Chapter 12 "God Has Laid Us Very Low"-1865 291

Epilogue: The Postwar Years 317

Glossary 327

Fort Sumter Timeline of Events 329

Notes 333

Bibliography 357

Index 365