On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

Hutson Ford, now residing in Washington, a forty-pound cannon ball fired from Fort Sumter at the beginning of the engagement on April 12, 1861, at the opening of the civil war. View Full Article ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. The war ...

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In April 1861, cannons opened fire on Fort Sumter—and the American Civil War began. This is the tense standoff that turned ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the moment decades of tension between northern and southern states, primarily over slavery, became a full blown Civil War. On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces ...

Hatcher gives us a good account of the protracted stand off over the fort (December 1860-April 1861). He then covers the bombardment and defense of Sumter, and its final surrender on April 14, 1861, ...

Students of the American Civil War will be familiar with Fort Sumter, an uncompleted brick fortress on an ... of events that led to the Confederate bombardment of the fort on 12 April 1861, which ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. The war ended in spring 1865; Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major ...