Greetings From Fort Sumter (teamnovastar@posterous.com)
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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


