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First Bull Run

Sorry, but I don't think that that is an accurate 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. It's not necessarily true, but it suits the needs of certain groups in how they wish to portray history.

Some claim that the first first shots were fired 3 months before the bombardment of Fort Sumter. On January 9th or 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.

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

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Ressie Okuneva

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2y ago

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