After Fort Sumter fell, Scott wanted his accomplished subordinate, Robert E. Lee, to command the gathering U.S. forces. ... Battle of Fort Sumter: Where they were then. April 12, 2011.

The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fired over 4,000 shells at the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor, forcing a ...

Battle of Fort Sumter Anniversary. Special | 56s Video has Closed Captions | CC. April 12 marks the anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 1861. In Charleston, SC, the American ...

A mule was its only fatality, but the Battle of Fort Sumter 150 years ago nevertheless sparked the Civil War, the United States' deadliest.

The 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter sparked the American Civil War. From the garrison's 19th-century beginnings to its current use as a National Historical Park, here are 10 fascinating facts about ...

From Fort Sumter. Share full ... "It is a very strange coincidence that my father was that 'Captain of the Continental line' who by mistake of his superior began the battle of Trenton, where ...

THE BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER.; The Charleston Courier publishes the following card: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, HEAD-QUARTERS SURGEON GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Share full article. May 21, 1861.

Thousands of visitors from all over the world are expected to flock this month to Charleston, S.C., for a re-enactment of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, commemorating the beginning of the 150th ...

Winfield Scott, 74, a lieutenant general, was commander of the U.S. Army in 1861. A vet­eran of the War of 1812 (during which he was a prisoner of war) and the Mexican-American War, he was a ...