FORT SUMTER (Part the Fifth)

James and Mary Chesnut

In which we discuss the bombardment of Sumter by the Confederate batteries, and then the fort’s evacuation by Major Robert Anderson & his men on April 14, 1861.  Before the conclusion of the episode, we also answer the questions: “What caused secession?” and “What caused the war?”

Our book recommendation for this episode is actually a magazine article.  In the Early Summer 2013/Premier Issue of Military Heritage Presents Civil War Quarterly (Sovereign Media), there is an article about Fort Pickens by Eric Niderost: “Second Sumter: The Struggle for Pensacola.”

Listen to Episode 35: FortSumterPartFifth