Remember Fort Sumter!
Exactly 150 years ago at 4:30 a.m. Edmund Ruffin pulled the first lanyard on the first cannon to fire against the Union. Fort Sumter was under fire, and the Civil…
Exactly 150 years ago at 4:30 a.m. Edmund Ruffin pulled the first lanyard on the first cannon to fire against the Union. Fort Sumter was under fire, and the Civil War began. By the end of the war, losses totaled 1,094,453, but the Union was preserved.
I'd like to offer a respectful commemoration of the beginning of the American Civil War. Happy Sesquicentennial.
The Union Forever!
John Adams-Graf ("JAG" to most) is the editor of Military Trader and Military Vehicles Magazine. He has been a military collector for his entire life. The son of a WWII veteran, his writings carry many lessons from the Greatest Generation. JAG has authored several books, including multiple editions of Warman's WWII Collectibles, Civil War Collectibles, and the Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms. He is a passionate shooter, wood-splitter, kayaker, and WWI AEF Tank Corps collector.
