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The Battle of Fort Sumter (also the Attack on Fort Sumter or the Fall of Fort Sumter) (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, by the South Carolina militia. It ended with the surrender of the fort by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War.
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English: Title: Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of entrance to Three Gun Bat'y Abstract/medium: 1 drawing on cream paper mounted on tan paper : black and brown ink ; 31.4 x 35.8 cm. (sheet). Date
The museum at Fort Sumter focuses on the activities at the fort, including its construction and role during the Civil War. April 12, 2011, marked the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War. There was a commemoration of the events by thousands of Civil War reenactors with encampments in the area.
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A highly sought-after Civil War photo that has been missing since '80s has turned out to be a hoax. Historians believed this photo that surfaced in 1986 was of the CSS Georgia battleship. The ...
The pair are credited with dozens of views of the activities of the Union Army in South Carolina during the Civil War, including Folly Island, Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, Lighthouse Inlet and Morris Island. [80] Haas resigned his commission due to ill health on May 25, 1863, but continued taking photographs for the War Department.