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Book Review: 'April 1861' captures drama that occurred before Civil War's first shots
Historian Jay Winik writes about the leadup to the outbreak of the Civil War in “1861: The Lost Peace.” The' Andrew DeMillo ...
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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham ... under command of U.S. Maj. Robert Anderson, were in an ...
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"The Demon of Unrest": Recounting the first shots of the Civil War
Fire ultimately forced Major Anderson to surrender. Remarkably, no one died in the bombardment. But 750,000 Americans would be killed before the Civil War ended in 1865. Four years to the day ...