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This Week in the Civil War

00000174-b11b-ddc3-a1fc-bfdbb1a20000The Schreiner University Department of History is honoring the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War with a series of short vignettes focusing on events from 1861 through 1865. The Civil War was the most destructive conflict in American history, but it was also one of our most defining moments as a people and as a nation. Let us know what you think about "This Week in the Civil War." E-mail your comments to Dr. John Huddleston at jhuddles@schreiner.edu.Airs: Weekdays at 5:19 a.m., 8:19 a.m., 4:19 p.m. on KTXI and 4:49 a.m., 9:29 p.m. on KSTX.

This Week in the Civil War - 689

Texas Public Radio | By Texas Public Radio

Published October 29, 2013 at 2:24 PM CDT

Late October 1863 witnessed yet another, continuing Union bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charlestown, South Carolina. On Tuesday, October 27, a total of 625 Federal artillery shells were fired at Fort Sumter.

The following day 679 Union rounds were sent against the fort, and on the 29^th a massive bombardment of 1657 artillery shells battered the Confederate structure and garrison. The outer walls of Fort Sumter were virtually reduced to rubble by these approximate three thousand rounds of artillery, and in truth the fortification ceased to be a vital military objective.

It remained, however, still an important symbol for Federal forces, given that the Civil War had started at Fort Sumter. But at the month’s end the oft replaced Confederate flag still flew over a defiant, and resistant, Fort Sumter.