Charleston, South Carolina, USA. 16th Oct, 2015. Union soldiers occupying Fort Sumter, a sea fort at the mouth of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, heard the first shot fired in anger at 4:30 a.m. on Friday April 12, 1861 in what would become the American Civil War. In mid-December South Carolina voted to secede from the Union where by US Army Major Robert Anderson, with about 85 soldiers, consolidated his command by occupying Fort Sumter, a mostly brick and mortar fort only 90% completed. In the aftermath of a 34 hour attack by rebel or Confederate troops, Anderson was compelled to sur
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Oct. 16, 2015 - Charleston, South Carolina, U.S - Union soldiers occupying Fort Sumter, a sea fort at the mouth of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, heard the first shot fired in anger at 4:30 a.m. on Friday April 12, 1861 in what would become the American Civil War. In mid-December South Carolina voted to secede from the Union where by US Army Major Robert Anderson, with about 85 soldiers, consolidated his command by occupying Fort Sumter, a mostly brick and mortar fort only 90% completed. In the aftermath of a 34 hour attack by rebel or Confederate troops, Anderson was compelled to surrender under generous terms but not before a lone artilleryman died during a flag salute where a powder charge exploded blowing his right arm off and killing him instantly---registering the war of secession's first death. ---In the photo, the American flag flies over the Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston Harbor. (Credit Image: © David Bro via ZUMA Wire)