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Major Anderson at Fort Sumter.
Under these circumstances, we must express our regret that major Anderson should have taken ... came in consequence of the removal of troops to Fort Sumter. That event could not have been known ...
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Major Anderson and the Star of the West.
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"The Demon of Unrest": Recounting the first shots of the Civil War
Sumter was, to the South, "a standing menace." The fort, and its 75 men, were commanded by Major Robert Anderson. A Kentuckian by birth, he'd taught artillery tactics at West Point. Confederate ...
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When did the Civil War begin? Most say April 1861, but many historians say it started earlier.
Robert Anderson secretly evacuated his 85 or so troops from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter on Dec. 26 ... to mollify the Carolinians and blaming the major for acting without proper authority ...
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Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
Exhibits at Fort Sumter help explain the tensions that led South Carolina to be the first state to secede the union. Visitors can also see the flag Major General Robert Anderson raised there in 1865 ...