At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate artillery batteries surrounding Fort Sumter opened fire. It was the beginning of a war that consumed the nation for the next four years, left more than ...

On Dec. 26, Anderson moved his command to Fort Sumter. The Fort ... Anderson played for time, waiting until 3 a.m. on Friday, April 12, to announce conditions for surrender the Confederates ...

Among other things, “1861” portrays the waiting game that Maj. Robert Anderson faced as he commanded Fort Sumter and faced ...

From Fort Sumter, the gun's target out in the ... where 700,000 people come every year to imagine what it was like. April 12, 1861. Capt. George S. James of the South Carolina battalion of ...

In Charleston, SC, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery fired on the Union occupied Fort Sumter. Union Major Robert Anderson moved his ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

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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 into the first battle of a nation divided. News Analysis: A political ...

CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT—THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BEGAN ON APRIL 12, 1861, when General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston. South Carolina had led ...