12 Apr 1861 Jahr - April 12, 1861 Fort Sumter Attacked

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The attack on Fort Sumter was the beginning of the Civil War. Fort Sumter was an unfinished fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. After a 34-hour exchange of artillery fire, Robert Anderson, the general occupying Fort Sumter, surrendered the fort to Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard. It was a Confederate victory.

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