Tuesday, April 12, 2011

150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War:

On this date, April 12th 1861 (150 years ago) the American Civil War began.  At 430 in the morning Confederate force in Charleston fired on Fort Sumter, located on an island in the harbor.  The Fort surrendered the next day and the Civil War had began.

This bloody war took over 4 years and by the time it was over at least 600,000 Americans had died to preserve the union.  This is easily the deadliest war in American History. Enjoy these Civil War Videos:

Ken Burns documentary "The Civil War"


Fox News: April 12, 1861 - A day the divided a Nation
Posted by commoncents at 9:57 AM

3 comments:

Silverfiddle said...

We need a William Tecumseh Sherman

April 12, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Atlanta Roofing said...

Given that there was and still is no defined legal procedure for secession, the question was at best in ambivalence at the time of the Civil War. So yes, how many people could be persuaded to accept secession as a state right is relevent. As a result of the War, the answer is that no state has a right to secede.

April 12, 2011 at 11:56 PM
jb007 said...

ya really we need William Tecumseh Sherman... silverfiddle...

April 13, 2011 at 3:17 AM

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