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TOPIC:  Fort Sumter, Charleston. April 12, 1861.  The bombardment and surrender of Sumter was only the beginning of the story.  Both sides understood the military significance of the fort and the busy seaport, which played host to one of the longest and most complicated and fascinating campaigns of the entire Civil Ear.  Richard Hatcher’s presentation entitled, Thunder in the Harbor - Fort Sumter, and the Civil War, is the first modern study to document the fort from its origins through the war and up to the present. 

Notice that the presentation is on the 163rd anniversary of the bombardment.