9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina batteries as it approached Fort Sumter

This is a placeholder for your sticky navigation bar. It should not be visible.

Star of the West

9th January 2021

9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina batteries as it approached Fort Sumter

As Star of the West approached Fort Sumter on the morning of 9 January it was met with cannon shots from cadet George E. Haynsworth on nearby Morris Island.

Categories: Podcast

# American Civil War
#Buchanan
#Civil War
#Fort Sumter
#New York
#South Carolina

Comments are closed.

HistoryPod

9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina batteries as it approached Fort Sumter

Meta

6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st December 1918: Unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania

23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

22nd January 1973: The Supreme Court issues its decision on the Roe v. Wade abortion case

21st January 1954: Launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine

20th January 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day first observed as a federal holiday

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina batteries as it approached Fort Sumter

Tags

Meta