OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Confederates open fire on the Federal garrison at Fort Sumter, touching off the most horrific conflict in American history.
Tag: P.G.T. Beauregard
Demanding the Evacuation of Fort Sumter
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Confederates demand the surrender of Fort Sumter, putting North and South on the brink of war.
Faith as to Sumter Fully Kept
Confederates grow increasingly suspicious of William H. Seward’s vague pledge that the Federals would abandon Fort Sumter.
Rendering Adherence to This Union Perpetual
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: General Winfield Scott writes a shocking letter to President Abraham Lincoln recommending the abandonment of not only Fort Sumter but Fort Pickens as well.
No Alternative But a Surrender
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Abraham Lincoln begins his first full day as president by receiving an ominous message from Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
Everything is Dark
President Jefferson Davis remains defiant despite defeat and meets with his cabinet and generals to discuss continuing the war.