USAMHI Civil War - Battles - 61 RefBranch laf Apr 91; Jun 93 FORT SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1861 A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources Contents Gen/Misc....................................p.1 Fall of Sumter, 12-14 Apr 1861 General Histories........................p.2 Eyewitness Accounts......................p.3 Historic Site Anniversaries, Etc.......................p.4 Guidebooks...............................p.4 Archaeological/Base Studies..............p.5 GENERAL/MISCELLANEOUS Bassham, Ben L. "Conrad Chapman's Charleston: A Talented Artist's Impressions of Charleston's Defenses." CWTI 16 (Apr 1977): pp. 34-41. Per. "Charleston, South Carolina." Blue & Gray Mag 1 (Apr/May 1984): pp. 21-40. Per. Nofi, Albert A., ed. Opening Guns: Fort Sumter to Bull Run, 1861. In the series Eyewitness History of the Civil War. NY: Gallery, 1988. 175 p. E464E93.1988v1. Fort Sumter p.2 FALL OF FORT SUMTER, 12-14 APRIL 1861 GENERAL HISTORIES Abbott, Martin. "The First Shot at Fort Sumter." CW Hist 3 (Mar 1957): pp. 41-45. Per. Anderson, Thomas M. The Political Conspiracies Preceeding the Rebel- lion: Or, the True Stories of Sumter and Pickens. NY: Putnam's, 1882. 100 p. E47l.1A55. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 1. NY: Yoseloff, 1956. pp. 40-83. E470B346v1. Castel, Albert. "Fort Sumter--1861." CWTI 15 (Oct 1976): Entire Issue. Per. "Civil War Battlefields: In Footsteps of the Blue and Gray, Fort Sumter." CWTI 20 (Feb 1982): pp. 36-37. Per. Crawford, Samuel W. The History of the Fall of Fort Sumter: Being an Inside History of the Affairs in South Carolina and Washing- ton, 1860-1, and Conditions and Events in the South Which Brought on the Rebellion: The Genesis of the Civil War. NY: S.F. McLean, 1898. 486 p. E47l.lC89.1898. Originally published as The Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861 (NY: Webster, 1887; E47l.1C88) Current, Richard. Lincoln and the First Shot. Phila: Lippincott, 1863. 223 p. E47l.lC95. Gordon, George H. "Major Anderson at Fort Sumter." In Papers of the Mil Hist Soc of MA, Vol. 9. Boston: By the Society, 1912. pp. 1-52. E470M65v9. Halsey, Ashley. Who Fired the First Shot? NY: Hawthorn, 1963. 223 p. E464H26. Hendrickson, Robert. Sumter, the First Day of the Civil War. Chelsea, MA: Scarborough House, 1990. 286 p. E47l.lH46.1990. Heyward, DuBose, and Sass, Herbert R. Fort Sumter. NY: Farrar, 1938. 109 p. E475.65H49. Hoogenboom, Ari. "Gustavus Fox and the Relief of Fort Sumter." CW Hist 9 (1963): pp. 383-398. Per. Fort Sumter p.3 Lawton, Eba A. Major Robert Anderson and Fort Sumter, l86l. NY: Knickerbocker Pr, l9ll. l9 p. E47l.lL42. Ripley, Warren. "Fort Sumter." CWTI 9 (Apr 1970): pp. 4-11 & 43-48. Per. Spaulding, Oliver L. The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, l86l. n.p., 1915. 27 p. E47l.lS62.1915. Stern, Philip VanDoren. Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War From the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter, Woven into a Continuous Narrative. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1961. 576 p. E436S8. Swanberg, W.A. First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter. NY: Scribners, 1957. 373 p. E47l.lS9. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS The Battle of Fort Sumter and First Victory of the Southern Troops, April 13th, 1861: Full Accounts of the Bombardment, with Sketches of the Scenes, Incidents, Etc. Charleston, SC: Shaftsbury Pr, 1961. 35 p. E47l.lB325. Crawford, Samuel W. "The First Shot Against the Flag." In Annals of the War Written by Leading Participants North and South. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1988. pp. 319-329. E464A6.1988. DeFontaine, Felix G. "The First Day of Real War." Southern Bivouac 2 (1886/87): pp. 73-79. Per. ______. "The Second Day of the War." Southern Bivouac 2 (1886/87): pp. 200-207. Per. Doubleday, Abner. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-61. NY: Harper, 1876. 184 p. E47l.lD72. [Fletcher, A.]. Within Fort Sumter: Or, a View of Major Anderson's Garrison Family for One-Hundred and Ten Days. NY: Tibbals, 1861. 72 p. E467.lF62. Johnston, Edith M., ed. "Inside Sumter: Letters From a Federal Artillerist." CW Hist 8 (Dec 1962): pp. 417-424. Per. Fort Sumter p.4 McBryde, John L. "An Eyewitness to History." CWTI 2 (Jan 1964): pp. 37-41. Per. Moore, Frank, ed. Fort Sumter Memorial: The Fall of Fort Sumter, A Contemporary Sketch From Heroes and Martyrs. NY: Hill, 1915. ca. 45 p. E47l.lF73. HISTORIC SITE ANNIVERSARIES, ETC. Loyal Natl League of the State of NY. The Sumter Anniversary, 1863. Opinions of Loyalists Conerning the Great Questions of the Times; Expressed in the Speeches and Letters from Prominent Citizens of All Sections and Parties, on Occasion of the Inauguration of the Loyal National League, in Mass Meeting on Union Square, New York, on the 11th of April, l863, the Anniversary of the Attack on Fort Sumter. NY: C.S. Wescott, 1863. 144 p. E463L936. GUIDEBOOKS Barnes, Frank. Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina. Wash, DC: GPO, 1952. 47 p. E47l.lB28. Fort Sumter: Anvil of War. Wash, DC: GPO, 1984. 63 p. E47l.lF67.1984. Stokely, Jim. Fort Moultrie: Constant Defender. Washington, DC: NPS, 1985. 80 p. UA26M65S76.1985. Fort Sumter p.5 ARCHAEOLOGICAL/BASE STUDIES Bearss, Edwin C. Battery Jasper, Fort Sumter National Monument, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Wash, DC: NPS, 1968. 88 p. F279C46B4. ______. The First Two Fort Moultries: A Structural History; Fort Sumter National Monument. Wash, DC: NPS, 1968. 86 p. UA26M65B39. ______. Fort Moultrie HECP-HDCP, Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina. Denver, DO: NPS, 1974. 168 p . UA26M65B4. South, Stanley A. Palmetto Parapets: Exploratory Archeology at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. Columbia, SC: Univ of SC, 1974. F279M63S68.