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The First Shots: Fort Sumter and the Opening of the American Civil War

The First Shots: Fort Sumter and the Opening of the American Civil War

The First Shots: Fort Sumter and the Opening of the American Civil War
American Civil War

The First Shots: Fort Sumter and the Opening of the American Civil War

On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter from ten positions ringing Charleston Harbor. This is the geography of how it began.

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