On April 12, 1861, rebel forces attacked federal troops at Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina. In the four years that followed, more than half a million Americans would die fighting one another. What brought the nation to this bloody and brutal Civil War? The answers may surprise you. Read.
On April 12, 1861, rebel forces attacked federal troops at Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina. In the four years that followed, more than half a million Americans would die fighting one another. What brought the nation to this bloody and brutal Civil War? The answers may surprise you. Read this riveting account of the factors that led America close to the breaking point.