Storm over Sumter

Description:

An account of the intrigues, the conflicts of principle and policy, and the clash of personalities that led up to the first mortar shell launched on Fort Sumter.

subjects: Sezessionskrieg,  Fort Sumter,  Confederate States of America,  United States,  History,  1861-1865, Civil War,  Campaigns and battles

Places: Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)