Bruce Chadwick is a history professor at New Jersey City University and a retired part-time lecturer at Rutgers University. He is the author of thirty books, including several books on the Antebellum and Civil War periods.
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On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops began firing on Fort Sumter, beginning the bloodiest conflict in American history. Since that time numerous historians have described the attack in many well-regarded books, yet the event still remains overlooked at t... SEE MORE