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Story of Fort Sumter Bombardment Fifty Years On
A retrospective recalls the April 12 1861 bombardment that opened the Civil War. Beauregard demands surrender while Fort Sumter endures heavy fire from Morris Island batteries. Doubleday fires the first shot and the flag is lowered as evacuation terms are agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sumter
Beauregard
Charleston Harbor
South Carolina
Anderson
Confederate States
United States
Wail de Ata
Robert Accers
Bunter
Decuresard
Doubleday
Sumter
Edmund Ruffin
Old Fort
Moultrie
Colonel Moultrie
Sullivan’s Island
Fort Moultrie
Moultrie House
W. Porcher Miles
Roger A. Pryor
Stephen D. Lee
L. P. Wigfall
Wigfall
D. R. Jones
Masta
Timatum
D. C
James Chesnut, JR
Aid-de-camp