"We have the honor to notify you that he will open the fire of his Batteries"
Today is the 150th anniversary
of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, which began the U.S. Civil War. In a
fascinating entry from the New York Times "Disunion" series, which has been "covering"
the war since last fall, Adam Goodheart describes how Maj. Robert Anderson,
commander of the fort's garrison, learned of the attack. Two Confederate aides
handed him this note:
Sir