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| South Carolina was the site of the first battle of the American Civil War. On April 12, 1861, Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. This lithograph depicts the intense bombardment on the fort. | ||||||
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| United States (History); Fort Sumter National Monument; Civil War, American; South Carolina | ||||||
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