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The Civil War began at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. On April 12-13, 1861 Confederate troops under General Pierre G. T. Beauregard bombarded the fort commanded by Major Robert Anderson, forcing the Union-held enclave to surrender. | |||
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