Walter Edgar's Journal: The story of Fort Sumter
Bombardment of Fort Sumter (Artist unknown / From the collections of Fort Sumter Fort Moultrie National Historical Park) This week we'll be talking with Richard Hatcher, author of the book, Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter and the Civil War. Construction of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor began after British forces captured and occupied Washington during the War of 1812 via a naval attack. The fort was still incomplete in 1861 when the Battle of Fort Sumter occurred, sparking the American Civil War. In writing Thunder in the Harbor , Rick Hatcher conducted the first modern study to document the fort from its origins up to its transfer to the National Park Service in 1948.