American Civil War · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of Fort Sumter (1861)
On the American Civil War map as “Fort Sumter”
12–14 Apr 1861 — Fort Sumter surrenders after 34 hours of bombardment. The only men killed die during an accidental salute. The battle costs remarkably few lives, yet it opens the costliest war in American history.
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- Secession crisis and Fort Sumter (chapter 3 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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