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After a 34-hour barrage by Confederate cannons, Union forces relinquish Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor, thus starting the American Civil War. April 13, 1861
Image: Bombardment of Fort Sumter, a portrait by Currier and Ives On this day in history, April 13, 1861, after a 34-hour barrage by Confederate cannons, Union forces relinquish Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. The first engagement of the war was over, and the only casualty had been a rebel horse. The Union…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 