Robert Rosen in Charleston, Part 1

Robert Rosen gave a tour of the historic sites of the Civil War in Charleston. At Fort Sumter he talked about James Island, Ashley River, and the opening shots of the Civil War that were fired at the fort.

Robert Rosen is the author of A Short History of Charleston and Confederate Charleston.

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 27-July 1 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close