This is a brief reading from a Civil War historical book

Steve Myers

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I have always been fascinated with military history. I have done many readings for groups who cannot read for themselves.

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Language

English

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North American (General)

Transcript

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The American Civil War commenced at 4:30 a.m. On april 12th 18 61 with confederate artillery rounds firing into the squat masonry mass of fort sumter in charleston harbor. The first shell landed harmlessly on the parade ground. For all practical purposes. The war ended three years and 362 days later, with robert E. Lee's surrender of the army of northern Virginia at appomattox Courthouse in between ***** and Confederate forces fought 10,000 battles, engagements, skirmishes and a phrase fighting and disease claimed more than 600,000 dead. Another one million Americans were wounded for half a century after guns fell silent maimed veterans used to gather on decoration day in town and village squares and a country court houses from Maine to Texas, a repeated and always poignant reminder of the war's exact shins.