FORT SUMTER (Part the Fourth): “AND THE WAR CAME.”

In which we discuss the expedition President Lincoln sent to relieve Sumter, the Confederate government’s decision to reduce the fort, and the opening shot of the bombardment on April 12, 1861.

Gustavus V. Fox (1821-1883)

Our book recommendation for this episode is Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War by David Detzer

“A superb popular history… bringing to life the men (on both sides) who were responsible for the first shots of the Civil War.”  ~  Publishers Weekly

Listen to Episode 34: FortSumterPartFourth