Question

"April 13th (1861) - Nobody has been hurt after all. How we were last night. Reaction after the dread of all the slaughter we thought those dreadful cannon

were making. Not even a battery the worse for wear. [t] has been on fire. Anderson has not yet silenced any of our guns."
- from A Diary From Dixie, Mary Chesnut
About which event is Mary Chesnut writing?
O the Confederate firing on Ft. Sumter
Sherman's March through Georgia
O Lee's surrender at Appomattox
the Battle of Bull Run

Answer 1

Mary Chesnut is writing about the Confederate firing on Ft. Sumter in her diary entry.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mary Chesnut is writing about the Confederate firing on Ft. Sumter in her diary entry. She mentions that nobody has been hurt and there was relief after the fear of slaughter. She also comments that Anderson has not yet silenced any of their guns.

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