book CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES OF FORTS SUMTER MOULTRIE ABNER DOUBLEDAY

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book CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES OF FORTS SUMTER MOULTRIE ABNER DOUBLEDAY
book CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES OF FORTS SUMTER MOULTRIE ABNER DOUBLEDAY
Reminiscences of forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-61
By Abner Doubleday
Reprinted in 1998 (Original edition was 1876)
184 pages  - Hardcover (8 inches - 21 cm tall)
Photos - Index
This is a quality reprint. Good binding, illustrations, etc.
CONDITION: Very good. B
inding solid, pages clean, etc. Dust jacket in new plastic protector.
The summer of 1860 found me stationed at the head-quarters of the First United States Artillery at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. I was captain of Company E, and second in command to Brevet Colonel John L. Gardner, who was lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. The regimental band and Captain Truman Seymour's company (H) also formed part of the garrison. The other forts were unoccupied, except by the ordnance-sergeants in charge. Charleston, at this period, was far from being a pleasant place for a loyal man. Almost every public assemblage was tinctured with treasonable sentiments, and toasts against the flag were always warmly applauded. As early as July there was much talk of secession, accompanied with constant drilling, and threats of taking the forts as soon as a separation should occur. To the South Carolinians Fort Moultrie was almost a sacred spot, endeared by many precious historical associations; for the ancestors of most of the principal families had fought there in the Revolutionary War behind their hastily improvised ramparts of palmetto logs, and had gained a glorious victory over the British fleet in its first attempt to enter the harbor and capture the city.
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