This Week in American Military History:  Jan. 9, 1861:  Confederate coastal-artillery batteries – including a four-gun battery manned by cadets under the command of Maj. Peter F. Stevens of the Citadel (the Military College of South Carolina) – open fire on the U.S. commercial paddlesteamer “Star of the West” in Charleston harbor. The shots – … Continue reading From Big Red To Halsey’s Right Arm