NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
“I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free”
Abraham Lincoln
On April 12, 1861 the Confederacy fired the first shots in the Civil War when they bombarded Fort Sumter.
The bombardment lasts 36 hours. Out of resources Anderson surrenders April 13th at 2:30 PM. The only casualties occurred after the battle during a 100-gun salute,. A round explodes prematurely, killing Pvt. Daniel Hough and mortally wounding another soldier. The attack is over, but the war had just begun.
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