Saturday, November 2, 2013

November 3, 1863---Fort Sumter in ruins



NOVEMBER 3, 1863:          

After months of ‘round-the-clock shelling by the Union, Fort Sumter is nothing but a huge heap of rubble. The Union’s Admiral John Dahlgren, however, is dissatisfied: “[S]till, this mass of ruin [Sumter] is capable of harboring a number of the enemy, who may retain their hold until expelled by the bayonet.” Amidst the wreckage is a warren of dugouts and tunnels, and Confederates are using the ruined redoubt effectively to fire upon Union ships even as the Fort itself is reduced to blasted bits. 


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