Boom! A single cannon shell burst in a flash of light high above Fort Sumter. This was the signal for the Confederate attack on the U.S. fort to begin. It was also the moment our Civil War began ...

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By the time Lincoln took the oath of office, six more states had seceded. Sumter was, to the South, "a standing menace." The fort, and its 75 men, were commanded by Major Robert Anderson.

A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired spurred the start of the Civil War.

In the years before the start of the Civil War, marked by the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, the U.S. military was already constructing defensive fortifications around major cities, often ...

Key Highlight: Fort Sumter is a must-see, especially for kids and history buffs. You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, ... “They had a conference to determine whether to return and attack or head home.

During the years preceding the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, often considered the start of the Civil War, the U.S. military was already busy building defensive fortifications around major cities.