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Fort Sumter (Fort Sumter National Monument, SC)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Civil War, South Carolina2 Comments

- Civil War Series - On April 12, 1861—after decades of fierce debate over slavery—South Carolina Confederates kicked off the Civil War with a barrage of fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Surrounded, outgunned, and short on supplies, Major Robert Anderson was forced to cede the fort the next day—despite not losing a …

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Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument, SC)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Civil War, Revolutionary War, South Carolina1 Comment

- Revolutionary War Series - - Civil War Series - Fort Moultrie—built to defend South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor—has played an important role in several of America’s conflicts. First, under the leadership of Revolutionary Colonel William Moultrie, it fought off a British assault in 1776, and decades later, helped deter the British threat again during the …

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