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Dear friend,

 

I am here at Fort Sumter which is located in Charleston,  South Carolina.Fort Sumter is a very important place in America’s history and I want to tell you all about it!  Let’s travel back to April 1860, the start of the Civil War. Major Robert Anderson was the commander of the Northern troops and General Beauregard was the commander of the Southern troops.At that time Abraham Lincoln was the president of United States. He was “behind the scenes””  and was planning to let the Southern side fire the first shot so that the North wouldn’t look bad. The Southern troops surrounded the fort and Major Anderson and his troops were stationed inside. The Southern troops wanted the Northern troops to come out of the fort and they threatened them that they will open fire if they don’t. Well,  Major Anderson wouldn’t let any of the soldiers come out so the Southern side decided to fire. No one really wanted to be the first one to shoot until Lieutenant Farliegh fired the first shot at 4:30 a.m on April 12, 1860. The battle lasted for two days until the Northern side surrendered. No one really died or was injured on the both sides. That changed shortly after when one guy got injured. The Northern side did a 100 gun salute ceremony before they left.but on the 27th shot, a cannon blew up and David Huff’s arm flew off. The ceremony lasted till about the 50th shot but then they had to stop. Major Anderson and the Northern soldiers sailed back home. I had a fun time there learning about what started the Civil War and I hope one day you can come here to see for yourself

 

From,

Swarnima Das

 

Greetings from Fort Sumter!

Dear Francois,
Guess where I am?  On vacation in Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina!  Guess what I found out?!  The commander of the northern troops stationed inside of Fort Sumter, Major Robert Anderson, is my Great Uncle!!  He was stationed inside of Fort Sumter with his troops waiting for President Lincoln to send them some more supplies.  The commander of the southern forces, General Beauregard, wanted them to leave, but my Great Uncle didn’t want to leave.  He had not received orders from President Lincoln.  General Beauregard sailed out to them and told them that if they don’t leave they were going to start open fire in one hour.  Sure enough, at 4:30 am on April 12, 1861, Lieutenant Farliegh of the southern troops fired the first shot at Ft. Sumter.  That was the shot that started the war.  Eventually my Great Uncle decided to surrender on April 14th and asked if they could do a 100 shot salute before they sailed home.  During the salute, a cannon exploded and David Huff became the one and only casualty at Ft. Sumter.  Isn’t that crazy that Major Robert Anderson is MY Great Uncle!!!!
I hope you enjoy your vacation and see you when I get back!
Your Chum,
Maxime

Greeting from fort Sumter


  I’m in Charleston,SC at Fort Sumter. The date here is April 12th,1861. It is about an hour or two after the battle.Im writing to you to inform you about the battle. Major Robert Anderson was the commander of soldiers in Fort Sumter. I am under the command of General Beauregard. Today starts the war. This is just what Abraham Lincoln has been asking for.Our ship was near Fort Sumter. I heard that General Beauregard was supposed to fire the first shot but he did not want to be the one to do it. Instead of him firing the shot, Lieutenant Farliegh shot the first shot. The time of the first shot was roughly 4:30 A.M. The Battle lasted for about two days but yet no one was killed in the battle. The yankees started to sail home to new york. Unfortunately we let them go with their supplies and ships, I would have taken it all but it’s not up to me. As the Yankees sailed home they were saluting to the flag by shooting blanks on their cannons but on the 27th shot, one of the cannons blew up killing one yankee and mortally wounding another.