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Looking At The 'Civil War' 150 Years Later Less than two days later,
Fort Sumter surrendered. It would take the Union army nearly four years to bring the coastal fortification back under its command. On today's Fresh Air, historian Adam Goodheart explains how national leaders and ordinary
... read moreApril 12, 1861 — Fort Sumter fired upon As it turned out, the South made the first military move — against
Fort Sumter, SC — 150 years ago today. “At 4:30 am on April 12, (1861) the Confederate guns opened fire,” the website www.history.com records. “For thirty-three hours,
... read moreLessons of Fort Sumter Four thousand more rounds were needed to induce the Fort's surrender; 620000 Americans would die in the war that was there begun. Hence the first lesson of
Fort Sumter: War is too important to be left to the journalists. But that isn't the only lesson,
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