Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Abner Doubleday is about the military events preceding the bombing attacks at Fort Sumter leading to the United States Civil War. Excerpt: "Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents connected with the first conflict of the Rebellion. Of the eleven officers who took part in the events herein narrated, four now survive. Before the hastening years shall have partially obliterated many circumstances from my memory, and while there is still an opportunity for the conference and friendly criticism, I desire to make, from letters, memoranda, and documents in my possession, a statement that will embody my own recollections of the turbulent days of 1860 and 1861."