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- May 1, 2015
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1) William Stewart Simkins (August 25, 1842 – February 27, 1929)
2) Simkins Hall Dormitery at Texas University
At daybreak on January 9, 1861, Simkins saw the signal from a guard boat, and sounded the alarm in the sand battery, alerting his fellow Citadel cadets to the arrival of the Union ship the Star of the West, which was attempting to ferry supplies to Fort Sumter. The cadets fired the first shots of the American Civil War.[4] The Daily Courier at first said he had fired the first shot, although the official account later blamed a local youth named G. E. Haynesworth.[5] Simkins once said he only loaded the gun which fired the first shot, though many historians believe that he actually fired it, too.
source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Simkins
2) Simkins Hall Dormitery at Texas University
At daybreak on January 9, 1861, Simkins saw the signal from a guard boat, and sounded the alarm in the sand battery, alerting his fellow Citadel cadets to the arrival of the Union ship the Star of the West, which was attempting to ferry supplies to Fort Sumter. The cadets fired the first shots of the American Civil War.[4] The Daily Courier at first said he had fired the first shot, although the official account later blamed a local youth named G. E. Haynesworth.[5] Simkins once said he only loaded the gun which fired the first shot, though many historians believe that he actually fired it, too.
source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Simkins