American Civil War · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of Fort Sumter (1861)
On the American Civil War map as “Fort Sumter”
12–14 Apr 1861 — After 34 hours of bombardment the fort surrenders; the only men killed die in an accidental salute. The cheapest battle of the war 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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