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

by Derek Smith

Book 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811716147
• ISBN13: 9780811716147
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"