Fort Sumter was a crucial area for the Confederacy to take control of because it would allow them to create a hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic port. They also wanted that area because of the shipping lanes and was occupied by union soldiers.
The main idea of the passage is the third answer: Maxine Kumin's contribution as the US poet laureate.
Continental Army, Smiths, Women ~They took mens jobs while they were called at war~
