FORT SUMTER (Part the First)

Robert Anderson (1805-1871)

In which we discuss the events surrounding the growing crisis over the possession of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor.

Our book recommendation for this episode is Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War by Maury Klein.

“Splendid… A riveting story, and Klein has retold it surpassingly well.”  ~ The Washington Post Book World

Listen to Episode 30: FortSumterPartFirst