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The first shots of the Civil War were shot in South Carolina, at Fort Sumter, in the bay off Charleston. The Fort was Union occupied, awaiting supply ships that were held up by Confederate ships. The Fort was manned by Anderson, who was under orders to simply hold his position upon hearing of the newly-declared Civil War. The Battle of Fort Sumter opens on April the twelfth, as Confederates under Beauregard bombard the fort in a ring of fire. The battle ends in Union surrender but merely begins a war of terrible proportions.

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