Charles W. Ramsdell

Charles W. Ramsdell
Ramsdell in 1903
Born(1877-04-04)April 4, 1877
DiedJuly 4, 1942(1942-07-04) (aged 65)
Dallas, Texas, US
SpouseSusanna Griffin
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis'Reconstruction in Texas' (1910)
InfluencesWilliam Dunning, Lester Gladstone Bugbee, George Pierce Garrison, Eugene C. Barker, Herbert Eugene Bolton
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineHistory of the Southern United States
Institutions
Main interestsConfederate States of America
Notable works"Lincoln and Fort Sumter" (Journal of Southern History v.3, 1937, pp.259-88)
Notable ideasThat Abraham Lincoln manipulated the Confederacy into firing the first shots of the Civil War at Fort Sumter

Charles William Ramsdell (April 4, 1877 – July 3, 1942) was an American historian who concentrated on the history of the Southern United States, especially the Confederacy.