Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865

Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865

  • Autor: Burton, E. Milby
  • Editor: University of South Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9780872491250
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781643363233
  • Lloc de publicació:  South Carolina , United States
  • Any de publicació: 2022
  • Any de publicació digital: 2022
  • Mes: Abril
  • Pàgines: 411
  • DDC: 973.73/59
  • Idioma: Anglés

On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired on by the Confederate batteries located around the Charleston Harbor. Within thirty-four hours, the fort had surrendered. From that moment on, the recapturing of Fort Sumter became one of the Union's most important objectives. Nearly four years elapsed before the Northern forces were successful. The Siege of Charleston provides the complete history of those four important years in the history of the Civil War.

  • Cover
  • The SIEGE of CHARLESTON
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Introduction
  • 1 THE UNION IS DISSOLVED
  • 2 WAR
  • 3 THE NAVY IN ACTION
  • 4 MORRIS ISLAND
  • 5 SUMTER BOMBARDED
  • 6 THE BLOCKADE: Torpedoes and the Submarine
  • 7 THE CITY BESIEGED
  • 8 THE THIRD GREAT BOMBARDMENT OF SUMTER
  • 9 A CITY OF ASHES
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index