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apr 12, 1861 - Fort Sumter

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At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.

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apr 12, 1861
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~ 164 years ago