Editor's note: On this day April 12, 1861, the Confederate Army opened fire at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, launching the American Civil War. The War raged for four years and caused the deaths ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

On April 12, 1975, the U.S. military evacuated Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of Operation ...

By Febrary 1, 1861 ... and on April 12 they attacked Fort Sumter, a federal stronghold in Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun.

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861 ... race to the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. In his acknowledgements, Merry shares that ...

Historic Collinsville in rural Montgomery County will open its annual season this Saturday, April 12, featuring hands-on ...

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, orbiting the earth once before landing ...