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The battle of Fort Sumter began early in the morning of April 12, 1861, when the Confederate Army, led by Brigadier General Beauregard, opened fire on Fort Sumter.

Springfield is the capital of Illinois. This centrally located city is surrounded by Decatur and Champaign/Urbana to the east, Peoria to the north and Bloomington/Normal located to the ...

Born into slavery in Maryland around 1820, Harriet Tubman escaped to become an ardent fighter for abolition and women's suffrage. She became known as "The Moses of Her People ...

The First Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle in the American Civil War fought near Manassas, Virginia on July 21, 1861.

The University of Washington is a public university that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is known as a Public Ivy. Its main campus is in Seattle's University District ...

The American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Eleven southern states seceded from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederates fought against the United States ...

CSS Nashville was a brig-rigged passenger steamer built at Greenpoint, Brooklyn in 1853. Between 1853 and 1861 she was engaged in running between New York City and Charleston, South ...

Fort Sumter is an historic building from the American Civil War on Sullivan's Island, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. The Fort Sumter monument is a National Park ...