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Southeast Express2d
The First Shots of America’s Civil War Were Fired at This Charleston Harbor Fort in 1861
President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...
Post and Courier2mon
A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham ... under command of U.S. Maj. Robert Anderson, were in an ...
Chicago Tribune2y
Elgin News Digest: Anderson holding weekend pet adoption event; ceremony to honor Civil War vets buried at Bluff City; South Elgin selling old street signs to benefit veterans ...
Anderson Humane will hold a pet adoption event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16, at Brilliance Subaru of Elgin. Cats and dogs will be available for adoption, and all 75 have ...
Post and Courier1mon
A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 2
Today’s column picks up where last Monday’s ended as we look back at the week before the first shots of the Civil War were fired ... Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter and S.C. Gov.