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In
an extra dispatch, The Charleston Mercury proudly announced
the Confederate victory at Fort Sumter. This article describes the bombing by confederate troops. The federal army that was stationed at Fort Sumter was out of supplies, and President Lincoln had ordered the re-supply of the fort by ships. The confederates blocked the resupply by opening fire on the fort on April 12, 1861, in what was the first battle of the Civil War. After 34 hours of battle, Major Robert Anderson, commander of the federal troops, surrendered the fort. Confederate troops occupied the fort until 1865, when General William T. Sherman cut the supply lines to the fort. To read a newspaper account of the attack on Fort Sumter, click here. |
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The
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