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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61, by Abner Doubleday This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Author: Abner Doubleday Release Date: April 1, 2008 [EBook #24972] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FORTS SUMTER AND MOULTRIE *** Produced by Greg Bergquist and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: FORT SUMTER.] REMINISCENCES OF FORTS SUMTER AND MOULTRIE IN 1860-'61 BY ABNER DOUBLEDAY BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL U.S.A. [Illustration] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE 1876 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. INTRODUCTION. Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents connected with the first conflict of the Rebellion. Of the eleven officers who took part in the events herein narrated, but four now survive. Before the hastening years shall have partially obliterated many circumstances from my memory, and while there is still an opportunity for conference and friendly criticism, I desire to make, from letters, memoranda, and documents in my possession, a statement which will embody my own recollections of the turbulent days of 1860 and 1861. I am aware that later and more absorbing events have caused the earlier struggles of the war to recede in the distance; but those who were in active life at that time will not soon forget the thrill of emotion and sympathy which followed the movements of Anderson's little band, when it became its duty to unfold the flag of the Union against a united South in arms. I know how difficult it is to write contemporaneous history, or even to give a bare detail of facts, without wounding the susceptibilities of others; but whenever I have felt called upon to giv
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