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A history of Fort Sumter : building a Civil War landmark
- Title
- A history of Fort Sumter : building a Civil War landmark / M. Patrick Hendrix.
- Author
- Hendrix, M. Patrick (Michael Patrick), 1972-
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Details
- Description
- 157 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In 1829, construction began on a fort atop a rock formation in the mouth of Charleston Harbor. Decades later, Fort Sumter was near completion on December 26, 1860, when Major Robert Anderson occupied it in response to the growing hostilities between the North and South. As a symbol of sedition for the North and holy ground for the South, possession of Fort Sumter was deemed essential to both sides when the Civil War began. By 1864, the fort, heavily bombarded by Union artillery, was a shapelessmass of ruins, mostly bermed rubble and sand with a garrison of Confederate soldiers holding its ground. Join author M. Patrick Hendrix as he follows the tumultuous lives of the men who fought to control what later became one of the most revered monuments to the war"--
- Subjects
- Charleston (S.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Soldiers > Confederate States of America > Biography
- Charleston (S.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography
- Fortification > South Carolina > Charleston > Design and construction > History > 19th century
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography
- Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) > History
- Charleston (S.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
- Soldiers > United States > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index.
- Contents
- Conception -- Eleventh Hour -- House Divided -- War -- Requiem of the Shell -- The Stately and Still Defiant Ruin -- The Pale of Death -- End Game.
- Call Number
- IKE 14-4179
- ISBN
- 9781626194700 (paperback)
- 162619470X (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2014003549
- OCLC
- 867613140
- Author
- Hendrix, M. Patrick (Michael Patrick), 1972- author.
- Title
- A history of Fort Sumter : building a Civil War landmark / M. Patrick Hendrix.
- Publisher
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- IKE 14-4179