Remembering The Conflict
Abner Doubleday didn't invent baseball. He did however serve as second in command under Major Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. On the morning of April 12, 1861 the Confederates opened fire on the fort and the American Civil War began. Anderson selected Doubleday to fire the first shot of the Union response. Doubleday fought throughout the war rising to the rank of major general. Years later he wrote this fascinating book about his command of Ft. Moultrie and the eventual fall of Fort Sumter.
I purchased the pewter parrot artillery and the book on a visit to the fort in 1982. The "minie" balls are authentic.
May 2012. Dusted off for "Our Daily Topic" : "History or Historic".
Remembering The Conflict
Abner Doubleday didn't invent baseball. He did however serve as second in command under Major Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. On the morning of April 12, 1861 the Confederates opened fire on the fort and the American Civil War began. Anderson selected Doubleday to fire the first shot of the Union response. Doubleday fought throughout the war rising to the rank of major general. Years later he wrote this fascinating book about his command of Ft. Moultrie and the eventual fall of Fort Sumter.
I purchased the pewter parrot artillery and the book on a visit to the fort in 1982. The "minie" balls are authentic.
May 2012. Dusted off for "Our Daily Topic" : "History or Historic".