"In 1829, construction began on a fort atop a rock formation in the mouth of Charleston Harbor. Decades later, Fort Sumter was near completion on December 26, 1860, when Major Robert Anderson
occupied it in response to the growing hostilities between theNorth and South. As a symbol of sedition for the North and holy ground for the South, possession of Fort Sumter was deemed
essential to both sides when the Civil War began. By 1864, the fort, heavily bombarded by Union artillery, was a shapelessmass of ruins, mostly bermed rubble and sand with a garrison of
Confederate soldiers holding its ground. Join author M. Patrick Hendrix as he follows the tumultuous lives of the men who fought to control what later became one of the most revered monuments
to the war"--
