Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Battle 1: Fort Sumter

The Battle of Fort Sumter!

Date: April 12, 1861

Location: the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina

Geographic features: Island harbor

Personnel: Abraham Lincoln, Major Robert Anderson

Leaders: Abraham Lincoln

Technology: shotguns

Outcome: No one was killed. Anderson surrendered.

Impact: This was the battle that initially started the Civil War.




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