Fort Sumter is no exception when it comes to ... the person that is mostly associated with that flag is a gentleman called Major Robert Anderson. He was the man in charge of the United States ...

JEMISON, the President of the State Convention, called on Major ANDERSON and told ... next day after he entered Sumter, was never lowered. They had two flags at the fort, a large garrison flag ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865 ...

John J. Crittenden. The book also portrays the waiting game that Major Robert Anderson faced as he commanded Fort Sumter and faced uncertainty as Lincoln took office. Winik has a taut yet dramatic ...

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 ...

Major Robert Anderson, decided to surrender the fort. Confederate cannons had launched more than 3,000 rounds during the bombardment, said Rick Hatcher, a historian at Fort Sumter National ...