Bombardment of Fort Sumter 1861. Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island protecting Charleston, South Carolina from naval invasion. Its origin dates to the War of 1812 when the British invaded Washington by sea. It was still incomplete in 1861 when the Battle of Fort Sumter began the American Civil War. It was severely damaged during the war, left in ruins, and although there was some rebuilding, the fort as conceived was never completed. from the book ' Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war ' by George Barton, Pub
Bombardment of Fort Sumter 1861. Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island protecting Charleston, South Carolina from naval invasion. Its origin dates to the War of 1812 when the British invaded Washington by sea. It was still incomplete in 1861 when the Battle of Fort Sumter began the American Civil War. It was severely damaged during the war, left in ruins, and although there was some rebuilding, the fort as conceived was never completed. from the book ' Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war ' by George Barton, Published in 1898 in Philadelphia, Pa., by The Catholic Art Publishing Company.
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