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On this day in 1861, the bloodiest four years in American history begins when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on Federal-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. Two days later, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to quell the Southern “insurrection.”
* The Fort Sumter Diagram (Visitor Center).
* Patriots Point (The General Beauregard).
* Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
* Fort Sumter Marker (Sally Port).
* 42 Pounder Cast Iron Cannon.
* Fort Sumter Damaged Walls.
* The Flags of Fort Sumter.
* The Flags of Fort Sumter Marker.
* The Flag Post (Memorial to Union Major Robert Anderson and Troops).
* The United States of America Flag which flew over Fort Sumter.
* Photos courtesy of William Bechmann (2012)
* The Fort Sumter Diagram (Visitor Center).
* Patriots Point (The General Beauregard).
* Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
* Fort Sumter Marker (Sally Port).
* 42 Pounder Cast Iron Cannon.
* Fort Sumter Damaged Walls.
* The Flags of Fort Sumter.
* The Flags of Fort Sumter Marker.
* The Flag Post (Memorial to Union Major Robert Anderson and Troops).
* The United States of America Flag which flew over Fort Sumter.
* Photos courtesy of William Bechmann (2012)
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