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The Union flew the white flag of surrender at Fort Sumter. Now it's up for auction in Greenville.
A Charleston, South Carolina surrender flag, Confederate documents, and Union soldier items among historic Civil War ...
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Battle of Fort Sumter - Igniting the Civil War
The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces ... thrown us a curveball': Largest-ever map of space reveals we might have gotten ...
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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 2
Today’s column picks up where last Monday’s ended as we look back at the week before the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter. We left off on April 6, 1861, when the first ...
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Fort Sumter National Monument
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 ...
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Book Review: Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter and the Civil War
Authorized in 1827 by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, Fort Sumter was still not finished when the nation slid into civil war over sectional issues. Nevertheless, it became the “flashpoint for the ...
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Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
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 ...