TabsRecord DataSource citation: Nancy Disher Baird, ed., Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009), 76.Author (from): Underwood, Johanna Louisa (Josie)Type: DiaryDate Certainty: ExactTranscriber: Transcription adapted from Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary (2009), edited by Nancy Disher BairdAdapted by Don Sailer, Dickinson CollegeTranscription date: 02/22/2011 TranscriptionThe following transcript has been adapted from Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary (2009).APRIL 15TH - For two days Major Anderson and his brave garrison resisted the firing - then, alas, had to surrender and yesterday (Sunday) fired a salute to the Flag with his last powder - gave up the Fort to Beauregard - Oh! I wish I could see Major Anderson - the brave man to hold out so nobly for duty and country! EventsConfederate artillery bombard Fort SumterMajor Anderson accepts a ceasefire and prepares to evacuate Fort Sumter Major TopicsFort Sumter People Anderson, Robert Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant PlacesBowling Green, KYFort Sumter, SC
