April 12, 2021
Anniversary of Ft. Sumpter
Warner Todd Huston:
160 years ago today, the Civil War began in earnest...
At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered.
Tim adds:
Fort Sumpter was under construction at the time and was not very defensible, but the Union forces retreated there because Fort Moultrie was in such bad shape they couldn't hope to hold it. Sumpter, being on an island, was better tactically. As my old history professor used to call it, it was Fort Moldy.
And all the guns were permanently mounted facing the sea; nobody thought they would face an attack from the city.
160 years ago today, the Civil War began in earnest...
At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered.
Tim adds:
Fort Sumpter was under construction at the time and was not very defensible, but the Union forces retreated there because Fort Moultrie was in such bad shape they couldn't hope to hold it. Sumpter, being on an island, was better tactically. As my old history professor used to call it, it was Fort Moldy.
And all the guns were permanently mounted facing the sea; nobody thought they would face an attack from the city.
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At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered.
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