Marking The 150th Anniversary Of The Start Of The American Civil War

A Currier & Ives drawing of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, from 1861. Re-enactors will fire cannons there to commemorate the first shots of the Civil War. The Daily Mail

Civil War At 150: How A Bloodless Battle Started It All -- National Geographic

A mule was its only fatality, but the Battle of Fort Sumter nevertheless led to the United States' deadliest war, as historian Mark Jenkins recounts.

During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina, were so sure that no war would follow their recent move to secede from the United States of America that the fiery editor of the Charleston Mercury supposedly vowed to eat the bodies of all who might be slain as a result.

Not to be outdone, former U.S. Senator James Chesnut, Jr., promised to drink any blood spilled. After all, "a lady's thimble," as a common saying had it, "will hold all the blood that will be shed."

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More News On Remembering The U.S. Civil War

US marks 150th anniversary of start of Civil War -- AFP
Nation begins 150th anniversary of Civil War -- AP
Nation Begins 150th Anniversary Of Civil War -- NPR/AP
150th Anniversary of start of Civil War -- New York Daily News
'This is the anniversary we have been waiting for': U.S. Civil War re-enactors to gather at Fort Sumter for 150th celebration -- The Daily Mail
US marks 150th anniversary of start of the Civil War -- The Telegraph
Lessons of Fort Sumter -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal