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Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2)

Gelesen von Mark F. Smith

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Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Francisco, and is credited (though perhaps erroneously) with inventing the game of baseball.

In 1861, he had the distinction as a captain to be second-in-command of Ft. Moultrie, one of the harbor defenses of Charleston, SC.. When that state seceded from the Union, Doubleday and the garrison of artillerists manning the fort were cut off from supplies and reinforcements. Through a tumultuous period, during which the command transferred to Ft. Sumter and soon found the Secessionists building batteries all around it, Doubleday had an additional target painted on him, as he was known as the only "Black Republican" in the fort and the mobs wanted to tar and feather him.

Doubleday walks us through a day-by-day account of the final weeks before the new Confederacy opened fire on Ft. Sumter to begin the Civil War. Our busy man sighted the gun for the first shot fired by the Union in response. And we learn what it is like to be the target of thousands of cannonballs, until, nearly out of ammunition and food, the fort is surrendered with the honors of war and the men are evacuated to New York.

The historical events are well-known. This first-person account allows us to experience them. (3 hr 35 min)

Chapters

00 - Introduction 01 - Ft. Moultrie in 1860

24:03

Read by Mark F. Smith

02 - Preparations for Defence

14:11

Read by Mark F. Smith

03 - Preliminary Movements of the Secessionists

17:30

Read by Mark F. Smith

04 - The Removal to Ft. Sumter

17:00

Read by Mark F. Smith

05 - The First Overt Acts

17:30

Read by Mark F. Smith

06 - Effects of Anderson's Movement

12:59

Read by Mark F. Smith

07 - The Star of the West

20:19

Read by Mark F. Smith

08 - A Resort to Diplomacy

20:57

Read by Mark F. Smith

09 - The Crisis at Hand

25:36

Read by Mark F. Smith

10 - The Bombardment

22:38

Read by Mark F. Smith

11 - The Evacuation

22:26

Read by Mark F. Smith

Bewertungen

excellent!

(4,5 Sterne)

Well written and extremely well read. Very concise version of the opening of the Civil War. Helps to have some prior knowledge but is not necessary.

(5 Sterne)

Excellent narration of Doubleday's accounts at Ft Sumter