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Confederate artillery firing from Charleston across the harbour.
Confederate forces firing on Ft. Sumter in 1861.
Artillery firing from The Battery in Charleston.
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.
1861
By firing on the island garrison of Fort Sumter - officially 'federal property', but to the Confederates, part of South Carolina.
Confederates.
Confederate artillery firing on the Union garrison on the island of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbour.
It occurred on April 1861.