
Excerpt from Major Robert Anderson and Fort Sumter: 1861 <p>ON this, the fiftieth anniversary of the De fence of Fort Sumter by Maj or Robert Anderson, I am writing to present for the veterans who have memory of the events and for the generation which has grown up since the War, a correct narrative of what actually happened and to correct various mis-state ments and misapprehensions which have, dur ing the past half century, been permitted to confuse the history. <p>If the question were to-day asked who was General Anderson, the answer from many citizens of this younger generation might easily be I never heard of him. Others would say He was in command of Fort Sumter; he surrendered the Fort. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Page Count:
36
Publication Date:
2017-12-03
ISBN-10:
0266210090
ISBN-13:
9780266210092
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