Fort Sumter: Chronological Construction History with Architectural Detail
Pemberton HH. 1959. Fort Sumter: Chronological Construction History with Architectural Detail. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Fort Sumter is a masonry seacoast fort of the Third System of Seacoast Defense. It was the site of the Battle of Fort Sumter—generally considered to be the inaugural battle of the Civil War—wherein the North Carolina Militia bombarded the federal garrison at the fort. This document gives a general history of fortifications at Charleston, beginning with early harbor forts like Fort Johnson, and continuing to the extended construction of Fort Sumter. The report also provides architectural details of the Fort.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Pemberton, Heath
- Date of Issue
- 1959-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOSU , SER