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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 2
A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...
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Tuscaloosa police say 15-year-old fired shots at two officers in Alberta
A 15-year-old suspect is in custody after shots were fired at two Tuscaloosa police officers on Monday evening. The officers were patrolling an Alberta neighborhood after a report of a shooting in ...
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"The Demon of Unrest": Recounting the first shots of the Civil War
The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time. In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea fortress guarding Charleston, became a flash point in the tensions between ...
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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
As March slipped into April in 1861, America stood at a crossroads. About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham ...