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	Battle of Fort Sumter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Moultrie was the oldest and was the headquarters of the garrison.
		Fort Sumter, by contrast, dominated the entrance to Charleston Harbor and was thought to be one of the strongest fortresses in the world once its construction was completed; in the autumn of 1860 work was nearly done, but the fortress was thus far garrisoned by a single soldier, who functioned as a lighthouse keeper.
		Anderson lowered the Fort Sumter Flag and took it with him to the North, where it became a widely known symbol of the battle, and a rallying point for supporters of the Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter (1534 words)

	Battle of Fort Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Henry and Fort Donelson were the sole positions to defend the important Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, respectively.
		Fort Henry was a five-sided, open-bastioned earthen structure covering 10 acres on the eastern bank of the Tennessee River, near Kirkman's Old Landing and Standing Rock Creek, nearly opposite the mouth of the Sandy River.
		Since Fort Donelson was on the west bank of the Cumberland, he selected the east bank of the Tennessee for the second fort so that one garrison could travel between them and be used to defend both positions, which he deemed unlikely to be attacked simultaneously.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Henry (2293 words)

	The Battle of Fort Sumter
		Anderson referred the whole subject to his government, and wrote to Pickens to that effect, expressing a hope that he would not prevent the bearer of his dispatches (Lieutenant Talbot) from proceeding at once to Washington.
		Anderson sent a message to the governor, saying, "I shall take Hart with me, with or without a pass." Her words of scorn and her message were repeated to the governor, and he, seeing the absurdity of his objection, gave a pass for Hart.
		Anderson promptly refused, but told the messengers that, unless his government sent him relief before the 15th, he would be compelled to evacuate the fort for want of supplies.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-fort-sumter.htm (4195 words)

	War between the States - Battle of Fort Sumpter
		Fort Sumter, in the very mouth of the harbor, was in an unfinished state and without a garrison.
		By the possession of Forts Moultrie and Pinckney and the arsenal in Charleston, their military stores fell into the hands of the State of South Carolina, and by the governor's orders a careful inventory was made at once of all the property and duly reported to him.
		Fort Moultrie also fired a few shots, and the Star of the West rapidly changed her course and, turning round, steamed out of the range of the guns, having received but little material damage by the fire.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/america/civilwar/cw26.htm (2912 words)

	Fort Sumter
		Major Robert Anderson reports Fort Sumter is being threatened in Charleston as federal forces begin to improved Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in the harbor.
		On December 27 Charleston awoke to an abandoned Fort Moultrie, its cannon spiked, and a force of federal soldiers commanding the harbor at Fort Sumter.
		Anderson decided to capitulate, but when Beauregard's men appeared moments later and told the major that Wigfall did not have the authority to negotiate a treaty, he sat down with them and ended the fighting.
	blueandgraytrail.com /event/Fort_Sumter (1779 words)

	Fort Pulaski
		Fort George was a blockhouse surrounded by a palisade, designed by Surveyor-General John Gerar to provide an early warning in case Spanish ships attempted to sail up the Savannah River.
		The fort was comprised of an outer picket works, an earthen embankment reinforced with timbers where the artillery pieces were set, and a small guardhouse where the garrison was housed.
		On March 2, 1776 the fleet was routed during the battle of Yamacraw Bluff or The Battle of the Rice Boats.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /wars/Civil_War/ftpulaski.html (2784 words)

	Fort Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Anderson, the commanding officer at Fort Sumter, was his instructor at West Point, who recommend his elongated service at West Point due to his outstanding behavior.
		General Anderson, with his ammunition on fire and supplies depleted, surrendered the following day and left the fort on April 14th.
		The fort was neither a strategic location nor a deciding battle, but it did start what was to be the United States worst war and one of the bloodiest in history.
	library.thinkquest.org /3055/graphics/battles/fortsumter.html (231 words)

	Fort Sumter
		The fort's supply of ammunition was ill-suited for the task at hand, and because there were no fuses for their explosive shells, only solid shot could be used against the Rebel batteries.
		The fort's biggest guns, heavy Columbiads and eight-inch howitzers, were on the top tier of the fort and there were no masonry casemates to protect the gunners, so Anderson opted to use only the casemated guns on the lower tier.
		The fort's large flag staff was hit by fire from the surrounding Confederate batteries, and the colors fell to the ground.
	www.us-civilwar.com /sumter.htm (1142 words)

	Major Anderson, Commander of Fort Sumter
		Anderson, wife of Major Anderson, for the likeness from which the accompanying portrait of that gallant officer has been copied.
		The relations of Major Anderson with the gallant old chief were so friendly and agreeable that one can well imagine the interest felt by the latter in the Major's present movements.
		All last summer Major Anderson was occupied as a member of the Commission appointed to inspect the United States Military Academy at West Point —a Commission, by-the-way, whose report singularly confirms certain strictures passed on the diet of the cadets in this journal last summer.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/major-anderson-ft-sumter_Dir/Major-anderson-fort-sumter.htm (1209 words)

	Battle of Fort Sumpter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On December 26, Robert Anderson moved to the incomplete Fort Sumter in the middle of the Charleston Harbor.
		Anderson's position grew very dangerous when Confederate gun fire stopped his relief ship the "Star of the West" from getting into the harbor.
		Finally, after thirty-four hours of the fort being bombarded and many buildings being burnt inside the fort, Anderson and his men capitulated and were allowed to leave.
	sciway2.net /2002/a28w/fortsumpter.html (190 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Fort Sumter: How War Begins
		Anderson went to wake his sleeping men with the news that the battle was about to begin.
		Anderson, fearful that thousands of Rebels might storm the fort, knew he could not afford to lose a single man. So after a breakfast of salt pork, his soldiers headed for the gun embrasures on the protected second tier.
		Amazingly, though the fort had been battered by more than 3,000 shells during the 34 hours of bombardment, its walls had not been breached, and there were no serious injuries on either side.
	www.americanheritage.com /places/articles/web/20060413-fort-sumter-civil-war-robert-anderson-charleston-south-carolina-confederacy-abner-doubleday-moultrie-secession-abraham-lincoln.shtml (1853 words)

	Battle of Fort Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Attempts by the Confederate government to settle its differences with the Union were spurned by Lincoln, and the Confederacy felt it could no longer tolerate the presence of a foreign force in its territory.
		Believing a conflict to be inevitable, Lincoln ingeniously devised a plan that would cause the Confederates to fire the first shot and thus, he hoped, inspire the states that had not yet seceded to unite in the effort to restore the Union.
		Anderson replied that he would evacuate by noon on April 15 unless he received other instructions or additional supplies from his government.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /battles-campaigns/1861/610412.html (226 words)

	Re-enactments List
		Reenactment of the "Battle of Browns Mill" at the Catalpa Plantation.
		Reenactment of the "Battle of Pea Ridge" (Arkansas).
		FORT GIBSON, MAY. Several military periods from the War of 1812 to the present, including a large number of Civil War soldiers, are presented at the "Military Time Line".
	www.forttyler.com /reenactmentslisting.htm (2972 words)

	The Battle of Fort Sumter
		Anderson refused, but said he would be starved out in a few days anyway.
		Anderson mustered his force on the parade ground, warned the men to not take any unnecessary risks, and sent them to their guns.
		The supply ships Anderson expected to arrive in the afternoon of the 12th but were kept outside the harbor by confederate artillery.
	www.mycivilwar.com /battles/610412.htm (786 words)

	Research Unlimited - Order Toll-Free 1-800-345-8588 - Forts
		This guide presents over one hundred Texas forts and camps in the order that they came into being, and illustrates their history with period drawings, plans and maps.
		A history of the fort from its establishment as Fort John in 1834 to its abandonment in 1890.
		The fort was converted from a trappers' post into a military fort as the westward movement grew.
	www.research-unlimited.com /forts.html (466 words)

	Battle Summary: Fort Anderson, NC
		After an initial success at Deep Gully on March 13, Hill marched against the well-entrenched Federals at Fort Anderson on March 14-15.
		Hill was forced to retire upon the arrival of Union gunboats.
		The city’s garrison was heavily reinforced, and Hill withdrew to threaten Washington, North Carolina.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/nc010.htm (149 words)

	The Battle of Guilford Court House
		THE Battle of Guilford Court House was not only one of the hardest fought and most deadly conflicts of the American Revolution-creating a profound impression in Europe; but was the decisive engagement of the Southern campaign, contributing no small part to bringing about, almost immediately, the freedom of the Thirteen Colonies.
		It became expedient for Cornwallis to lengthen his line of battle: accordingly, Norton, with the First Battalion of the Guards, moved to the extreme right to aid the Hessians and the Highlanders, while the light infantry of the Guards and the Yagers supported Cornwallis' Regiment, the Thirty-third, on the left.
		The British were hemmed in by the forest, and were not in complete touch with each other; but, be it said, greatly to their renown, they kept on charging the enemy wherever they saw him, or heard the rattle of his musketry, ultimately gathering for a grand assault upon him.
	www.newrivernotes.com /nc/guilf1.htm (4502 words)

	Fort Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Work began on the fort thirty years before the war, and, thanks to low Federal spending, it was still unfinished and already obsolete by 1861.
		Anderson continued to hope for a peaceful outcome to the tense situation.
		Anderson carefully considered his reply and said that he would leave by noon, April 15, unless before that time he should receive either instructions from Washington or additional supplies.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/BattleView.cfm?BID=18 (1126 words)

	Ft. Sumter by William Hamilton
		Crisis at Fort Sumter, 1861- This is a massive, intensely integrated treatment of the Fort Sumter Crisis of November 1860 - April 1861 on the server at Tulane University.
		By late 1864, no functional large canon remained in the fort and a small garrison of Confederate infantry kept up their resistance from the tunnels which ran from the dank bombproof shelters to suffocating rifle slits.
		The new museum being constructed in the fort is a jarring, air conditioned retreat from the Fort's harsh exterior.
	www.awod.com /gallery/probono/cwchas/sumter.html (1235 words)

	US Army Armor Center - Fort Knox Kentucky
		Fort Knox has a population of over 23,000 Soldiers, family members and civilians.
		The Armor Center and School is the largest organization on Fort Knox and performs the mission of training all armor Soldiers and Marines.
		Additionally, the Eastern Region of the ROTC is headquartered at Fort Knox.
	www.knox.army.mil (249 words)

	Battle at Fort Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On April 12th, 1861 at 4:30 a.m Fort Sumter fired cannons.
		In this battle, the Confederates successfully won the battle.
		He only gave them food because he did not want a war to start, and that was one reason they lost the battle.
	www.vsufsd24.com /rwc00/mcgann_00/fortsumter.html (111 words)

	Amazon.com: Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher: Books: Rod Gragg,Edward G. Longacre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Fort Fisher, guardian of Wilington, North Carolina, was easily the strongest fort in the entire Confederacy, thanks to the engineering genius Col. William Lamb, who at age 26 was given command of the fort.
		The Failure to capture the Fort after a sucessful amphiboious landing was the final nail in his coffin and he did not receive another command during the war.
		Confederate Goliath - The Battle of Fort Fisher, by Rod Gragg, is perhaps the best of them all dealing with a single battle, though it lights up many aspects of the general war situation, in a number of ways: very complete, readable, and by the last half I could not set it down.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0807131520?v=glance (2546 words)

	Visit American Civil War Battle sites - Fort Hood and Fredericksburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		General Description: This parcel consists of 5.5 acres of easement and includes the sole surviving examples of Confederate river defenses erected along the Rappahannock River during the 1862 Fredericksburg Campaign.
		Due to two steep climbs and descents, and the small stream crossing, a good pair of hiking boots is highly recommended.
		Fort Hood is located in the wooded area to the left of the Community Center at Cosner Park.
	www.civilwar.org /travelandevents/t_vs_forthood.htm (666 words)

	Search Our Georgia History for battle
		Battle of Kettle Creek - American forces under the command of Andrew Pickens, Elijah Clarke and John Dooley defeat a larger number of British forces in rural Georgia.
		A battle is fought between Georgia militia and Creek Indian in the vicinity of Fort Jones.
		On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, a granite overlook on Big Kennesaw Mountain is dedicated to the generals in the battle that were born in Georgia
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /search?id=2096 (1082 words)

	KnoxNews: Columnists
		Led by University of Tennessee research archaeologist Elizabeth Kellar DeCorse, who is in charge of the dig, Fort Anderson is being plumbed through a geographic information system, which uses laser beams to determine elevation and such.
		The miners, however, were behind trees and rocks on a high ridge across from Fort Anderson.
		Previously, all that had been known was that the soldiers had built an earthen fort with trenches on the crest of Militia Hill.
	www.knoxnews.com /kns/news_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_359_4827374,00.html (975 words)

	Battle Summary: Fort Sumter, SC
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		Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
		Although there were no casualties during the bombardment, one Union artillerist was killed and three wounded (one mortally) when a cannon exploded prematurely while firing a salute during the evacuation on April 14.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/sc001.htm (152 words)

	North Carolina American Civil War Battle Wilmington Fort Anderson
		Seeing the trap ready to close, the Confederates evacuated Fort Anderson during the night of the 18th-19th, withdrawing to Town Creek to form a new defensive line.
		Hess studies the use of fortifications by tracing the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia from April 1861 to April 1864.
		He also argues that the development of trench warfare in 1864 resulted from the shock of battle and the continued presence of the enemy within striking distance, not simply from the use of the rifle-musket, as historians have previously asserted.
	americancivilwar.com /statepic/nc/nc016.html (457 words)

	Tourism worth fighting for at battlefields \| Arizona Daily Star ®
		This May, Spotsylvania County spent $250,000 for the restaging of the bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
		The first-time county sponsorship was a prelude to other events, including plans to commemorate the battle's sesquicentennial in 2014, Connors said.
		In Kentucky, state officials budgeted $10,000 to host the Battle of Perryville re-enactment on Oct. 9-10, said Kurt Holman, manager of the Perryville Battlefield historical site.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/48560 (1085 words)

	140th Anniversary of the Fall of Fort Anderson
		February 19th and 20th of 2005 marked the 140th anniversary of the Fall of Fort Anderson which ultimately led to the demise of the port of Wilmington, North Carolina and ultimately the end of the Civil War.
		A large crowd of onlookers witnessed a spectacular reenactment of the final battle at Fort Anderson.
		Period uniforms, cannons and the smell of burning gun powder lent authenticity to the reenactment.
	www.southporttimes.com /articles/200502201.html (168 words)

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