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Prior to the battle for Fort Sumter in April of 1861, the Confederacy has take over sixteen federal forts. In each case, the Union commanders surrendered and no shots were fired.
Fort Sumter (as claimed by many: more details below). The first first shots were actually fired 3 months before the bombardment of Fort Sumter. On January 10th, 1861, Confederate batteries on Morris Island, manned by cadets from The Citadel, fired on the Union supply ship Star of the West. The Star of the West was attempting to resupply Union forces at Fort Sumter. Although the ship wasn't hit, Confederate forces were successful in driving the ship off. Again, a very limited answer. How about some more detail? Fort Sumter is what many will tell us was the site of the first shots of the conflict in 1861 (around April 12) between northern US states and those who wanted to secede. There were apparently shots fired by seceding states on January 10th as noted above. Some sources in Charleston claim it was January 9th, by the way. But there were also shots fired by northern/union forces on January 8th, 1861, at Fort Barrancas (Pensacola, Florida) under the command of Lt. Adam J. Slemmer, firing at what were probably Alabama militia. See Walter Gierschbach's notes at: militaryhistoryonline.com/civilwar/misc/barrancas.aspx See also Robert Hawk writing for the Florida National Guard at: floridaguard.army.mil/history/CivilWar.asp?did=1305
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On January 10, 1861 South Carolinians on Morris Island fired the first shots, firing on the Union Ship, "Star of the West", defending Fort Sumter. So Ft. Sumter is the answer. The usual answer is that the shots were fired around April 12, 1861, by Confederate artillery on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, Charleston, South Carolina. Same place, but rather later. Shots were also fired by northern/union forces on January 8th, 1861, at Fort Barrancas (Pensacola, Florida) under the command of Lt. Adam J. Slemmer, firing at what were probably Alabama militia. See Walter Gierschbach's notes at: militaryhistoryonline.com/civilwar/misc/barrancas.aspx See also Robert Hawk writing for the Florida National Guard at: floridaguard.army.mil/history/CivilWar.asp?did=1305
the spark of the civl war was many things but the first shots where fired at fort sumner
seven guns fired three times each, for a total of 21 shots
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Henry Knox and his men used oxen to bring 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in 1775. The distance traveled was about 300 miles.
6 shots with an M1 Garand
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I believe it is 16 cannon shots fired during this overture, so, yes. FANTASTIC!
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im pretty sure it was the french that fired on fort neseccity not the British
With the birth of The Prince of Cambridge, 103 shots were fired to honor the firstborn son of Prince William and Kate Middleton. He entered the world at 4:24 pm. 62 of the shots were fired from the Tower of London, and 41 shots were fired from Green Park.
21 gun shots
Prior to the battle for Fort Sumter in April of 1861, the Confederacy has take over sixteen federal forts. In each case, the Union commanders surrendered and no shots were fired.