The Cannons Roar: Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War: An Oral History (Bruce Chadwick - CH) May 2021 an important historically Black university

an important historically Black university

and rich historical context

Rodes shared the blame for the disjointed attack that led to the destruction of Alfred Iverson’s brigade on the first day of the battle

Separated by twenty years in age and differing opinions on myriad subjects

revealing unique and moving insights into America’s bloodiest war

The Cannons Roar: Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War: An Oral History (Bruce Chadwick - CH) May 2021 an important historically Black universityby Bruce Chadwick The first ever oral history of the attack that started the Civil War that combines illuminating historical narrative with intense first hand accounts. On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops began firing on Fort Sumter, beginning the bloodiest conflict in American history. Since that time numerous historians have described the attack in many well regarded books, yet the event still remains overlooked at times in the minds of the