#35 FORT SUMTER (Part the Fifth)
August 4, 2013
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Episode 35 · August 4, 2013
#35 FORT SUMTER (Part the Fifth)
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In which we discuss the bombardment of Sumter by the Confederate artillery batteries, and then the fort's evacuation by Major Robert Anderson & his men on April 14, 1861. Before the conclusion of the episode, we also tackle the questions: "What caused secession?" and "What caused the war?"
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