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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8191802, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="5"><i><b>The Two Civil War Theme So-called Half Dollars</b></i></font></p><p><font size="5"><i><b>by Robert McNamara</b></i></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>1961 Civil War</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><b>Ft Sumter </b></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Heraldic Art Medal</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1434394[/ATTACH]</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b> [ATTACH=full]1434395[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">The Union garrison formally surrendered the fort to Confederate personnel on April 13 1861. </font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">No one from either side was killed during the bombardment. </font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">The Union agreed to evacuate the fort.</font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">During a 100-gun salute to the U.S. flag, which was a condition for withdrawal, a pile of cartridges blew up from a spark. </font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">Privates Daniel Hough and Edward Galloway were killed, and four members of the gun crew were wounded. </font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">These were the first military fatalities of the war.</font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">It is estimated 2% of the population of our country at the time of The Civil War, (about 620,000 men) lost their lives in the line of duty.</font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1434411[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>1965 Civil War</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Heraldic Art Medal</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Appomottox</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1434387[/ATTACH]</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1434388[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>On 9th April, 1865, General Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia, surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, the leader of the Union Army, at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1434389[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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