10h 26min, apr 12, 1861 y - Battle of Fort Sumter
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The bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War.
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10h 26min, apr 12, 1861 y
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~ 163 years ago
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