Tag: Fort Sumter

  • Book Review for Demon of Unrest

    This book chronicles the Civil War’s beginnings, focusing on key figures like Edmund Ruffin and the cotton aristocracy, illustrating how pride and ideology led to tragic conflict.

  • CW 150: Battle of Fort Sumter

    On this day the battle of Ft. Sumter took place. This would become the first battle of the war. Even though the battle resulted in only one casualty. This minor loss would encourage southern resolve for the next few months as the secession process would continue and the war would happen. The modern irony of this sesquicentennial is that…

  • CW 150: Five Years of Posting… Ahead

    Antietam Battlefield Image via Wikipedia I’ve decided to begin a new thread of blog posts to my otherwise normal class activities and neat info blog. For the next five years, I will attempt to write at least one Civil War blog post every two months. My plan is to progress forward with the sesquicentennial remembrances for all of those…