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In January of 1861, the now famous merchant ship, Star of the West was headed south to bring supplies to Fort Sumter in the Charleston South Carolina harbor. The ship was turned back after receiving cannon fire from the military college of VMI on the Virginia coast. Later in April, the Star of the West was captured by the Confederates off the shore of Texas.

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