Hints to the Stormy Past
Record of the Month! April is a busy month, with well over fifty nationally recognized movements, industries, heritages, and histories observed on a daily and weekly basis, as well as all month long. Additionally, April is filled with the anniversaries of several positive and negative historical events, including the first presidential assassination in American history, as well as the beginning and end of the American Civil War. While little mention of these events is made in the Commissioners’ Journals, there are a couple of entries that allude to the fiery trial facing the United States at the time. The American Civil War started in the early hours of April 12, 1861 when traitors attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The Fort’s commander, Union Major Robert Anderson agreed to surrender on April 13, 1861 and evacuated the following day. Despite the nearly 34 hour bombardment, no casualties are recorded for either side. Fort Sumter is often noted by histor