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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 2
A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...
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Fort Sumter surrender flag to be auctioned in South Carolina’s Upstate
The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American ...
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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 ...
Surrender Flag from Fort Sumter and More Standout Items Headed to Auction
Richmond Auctions is thrilled to host its multi-day Spring Premier Firearms & Sportsman Advertising Auction on April 25th and ...
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SC politics: Confederate flags to fly inside Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter National Monument Superintendent Tim Stone said Monday the flags will be part of an historical display at the fort where the Civil War began ... appeared in photos holding 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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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham Lincoln surrendered Fort Sumter, as South Carolina demanded ...