About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham ... under command of U.S. Maj. Robert Anderson, were in an ...

Fire ultimately forced Major Anderson to surrender. Remarkably, no one died in the bombardment. But 750,000 Americans would be killed before the Civil War ended in 1865. Four years to the day ...

Albert A. Gosnell of Greenville was reported missing in action on July 16, 1950, after his unit was forced to retreat in the vicinity of Taejon, South Korea, during the Korean War. The soldier was ...

A review of Erik Larson’s The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn ...

Anderson Humane will hold a pet adoption event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16, at Brilliance Subaru of Elgin. Cats and dogs will be available for adoption, and all 75 have ...

Today’s column picks up where last Monday’s ended as we look back at the week before the first shots of the Civil War were fired ... Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter and S.C. Gov.