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Confederate artillery firing from Charleston across the harbour.
Artillery firing from The Battery in Charleston.
Confederate forces firing on Ft. Sumter in 1861.
On April 12, 1861 the confederate army bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor.
The firing at Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
Federal troops would not vacate Ft. Sumter after SC declared secession.
By firing on the island garrison of Fort Sumter - officially 'federal property', but to the Confederates, part of South Carolina.
1861
Confederate artillery firing on the Union garrison on the island of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbour.
Confederates.
It occurred on April 1861.