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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), First shot of the war was fired in the air. (search)
lonel Wade Hampton Manning, historian of Camp Hampton, as follows: Enclosed you will find letter written to Colonel J. P. Thomas by Mr. D. A. Thomas, of Gaffney, who was present during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. This bit of contemporan signed statement of Major Gibbes that he fired the signal gun at Sumter. The letter from Mr. D. A. Thomas to Colonel John P. Thomas follows as an enclosure: I have read with interest the several controversies about who fired the first gun o the engineer officer in charge of the Morris island batteries. When mounted it was placed under the command of Captain John P. Thomas (afterwards colonel), professor at the State Military Academy. On Sunday, 14th of April, 1861, Fort Sumter was who said: you can gather as many pieces as you want near this gun, a 10-inch Columbian, which had been dismounted by Captain Thomas with the rifle gun. The soldier added: Faith, sor, the man that fired that rifle gun was a good Democrat. In the