Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61

Author(s): Abner Doubleday

Genre(s): *non-fiction, History, Memoirs

Narrators: FNH

Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 3 hours and 21 minutes

Language: English

Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents connected with the first conflict of the Rebellion. Of the eleven officers who took part in the events herein narrated, but four now survive. Before the hastening years shall have partially obliterated many circumstances from my memory, and while there is still an opportunity for conference and friendly criticism, I desire to make, from letters, memoranda, and documents in my possession, a statement which will embody my own recollections of the turbulent days of 1860 and 1861. (From the text)