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Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War
In 1861 the Confederacy formed with Jefferson Davis as president while Lincoln took office. Fort Sumter near Charleston Harbor faced siege as Beauregard opened fire. Major Robert Anderson commanded 68 soldiers and a small band with a U.S. flag, surrendering on April 13 after 34 hours of bombardment.
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Fort Sumter
Charleston
New York
Isabel
Anderson
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Charleston Harbor
Robert Anderson
Kentucky
South Carolina
Francis Pickens
Lincoln
Davis
P. G. T. Beauregard