Aug. 24—Four days after the Confederate army bombed Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C., that launched the American Civil War on April 12, 1861, 18-year-old Sylvester Dana Rhodes of Plains Township ...
pt. 1. Transition to peace -- By rail and boat / Dixon Wecter -- Confederate demobilization / William B. Holberton -- Did the Confederacy change Southern soldiers? / Michael Barton -- Ghost dance / ...