Research Catalog

Title

Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina / by Frank Barnes.

Author

Barnes, Frank

Publication

Washington, D.C. : United States Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1962.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

United States. National Park Service

Description

47 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

National Park Service historical handbook series ; no. 12

Uniform Title

Historical handbook series (Washington, D.C.) no. 12.

Alternative Title

Fort Sumter

Subject

• Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
• Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) > History
• Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park (S.C.)

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 47).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Construction of Fort Sumter -- Major Anderson moves garrison from Moultrie to Sumter -- The star of the West -- Preparation for war -- Lincoln orders a relief expedition to Fort Sumter -- The Confederates demand Fort Sumter's evacuation -- The war begins--April 12, 1861 -- Charleston and the Federal Blockade--1861-63 -- Federal ironclads attack Fort Sumter -- The Morris Island approach to Fort Sumter -- The first great bombardment of Fort Sumter -- The small-boat assault -- The second great bombardment -- Stalemate--Spring of 1864 -- Fort Sumter strengthened -- The third great bombardment -- Sherman's march forces Sumter's evacuation -- Major Anderson returns -- Fort Sumter after 1865 -- Guide to the area -- Administration -- Related areas -- Suggested readings.

OCLC

• 9429554
• SCSB-11423288

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library