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Civil War: The Battle Of Fort Sumter

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The Battle Of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter. The battle was on April 12-14 1861 near Charleston, South Carolina followed by Declarations of Secession by seven Southern states. South Carolina wanted the U.S Army to abandon its faculties in Charleston Harbor. On December 26 1860, Major Robert Anderson of the U.S. Army. A t4 ;30 bombs were hitting Fort Sumter and they were shot by the Confederates and after a thirty-four hours of fighting. The small Union force inside Fort Sumter surrendered to the confederate army. The assault on Fort Sumter began the Civil War the North and South were split up and killed many thousands of soldiers and civilians. The Union victory ended slavery in 1865 but it cost in human life was immense.
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