of the Ford Administration (1992). Although Updike's protagonist is trying (in the early 1990s) to write about the mid-1970s, he spent those years seeking to write a book about President Buchanan, and his mind keeps reverting to the 19th century and, among other incidents, the mission of the sloop to Fort Sumter. See also Charleston, South Carolina in the American Civil War George Edward "Tuck" Haynesworth William Stewart Simkins Yazoo Pass Expedition References External links Note the date given as 10 January. Secession crisis of 1860–61 South Carolina in the American Civil War Ships of the Confederate States Navy Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River Shipwrecks of the American Civil War 1852 ships Ships built in New York City Scuttled vessels Maritime incidents in March 1863 1861 in the American Civil War Origins of the American Civil War Blockade runners of the Confederate States Navy