Erik Larson (The Demon of Unrest) discussed the tumultuous months between Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860 and the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861. Erik Larson (The Demon of ...

Ruffin claimed to have fired the first shot aimed at Fort Sumter in April 1861 ... most glaringly when he asserts that in ...

Here are the burning questions of Union and states' rights, John Brown at Harpers Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumter, and the jubilant rush to arms on both ...

The iconic Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired, may have survived the famous 19th century battery, but experts warned it could now disappear under the waves ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

In the November 6, 1860 general election ... Artist’s conception of the bombardment of Fort Sumter [Photo: Currier & Ives lithograph] On the early morning hours of Friday, April 12, South ...

My thought was: “This is Fort Sumter.” Just as when the South decided ... but it was the election of 1860 that triggered ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President ... and on April 12 they attacked Fort Sumter, a federal stronghold in Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire.

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

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