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Historians Reflect on the Role a Kentucky Officer Played at Fort Sumter

By Dan Modlin

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Bowling Green, Ky – A Union Officer from the State of Kentucky played a key role when Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter. He had decided to move his forces into the modern fort shortly before the attack started. Dr. Glen LaFantasie and Dr. Jack Thacker of the WKU History Department talk with Dan Modlin, in the latest in our series of reports on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War......