Brooks' Assault of Sumner

[fort moultrie]

I was going to start a new post on Brooks' Assault of Sumner (May, 22, 1852), but I figured it might have been covered here all ready. Is there an old post on this forum I can read that covers this subject in depth?

 

[USS ALASKA]

The Sumner-Brooks Affair, A Sidebar | Wartime Politics, & Debates

It was and has been widely argued that Preston Brooks caned Sumner rather than challenging him to a duel because 1) he feared Sumner would reject a challenge or 2) because he felt Sumner was not a social equal worthy a challenge. During Congressional debate that followed the attack...

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Charles Sumner: Underappreciated Champion of Liberty? | Wartime Politics, & Debates

Most every student of the background of the Civil War is familiar with the incident where senator Charles Sumner was badly beaten on the floor of the Senate by an angry Representative from South Carolina, Preston Brooks. But Sumner served from 1851 to 1874, a period of turbulence, regionalism...

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HTHs,
USS ALASKA

 

[TallTallMan]

I literally thought this said "Brooke's Assault of Summer", like two cheerleaders fighting.