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Fort Sumter: How Civil War Began With a Bloodless Battle
During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina ... where atop the lonely bulk of Fort Sumter the Stars and Stripes still flew (pictures of Fort Sumter before ...
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BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER.; Heavy Firing Opened Last Wednesday. Twelve Hundred and Fifteen Shots Fired During the First 24 Hours. THREE OF THE MONITORS ENGAGED REPORTS ...
The bombardment of Fort Sumter to-day is the heaviest that has yet taken place. From sundown on Wednesday until sundown on Thursday, 1,215 shots from 15-inch mortars and 300-pounder Parrotts have ...