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Fort Sumter National Monument
On April 12, 1861 from nearby Fort Johnson South Carolina troops of
the newly formed Confederacy fired on the Fort which was occupied by Union
Troops. Within two days Union troops withdrew and the South held
the fort until it was evacuated on February 17, 1865. During that
time Fort Sumter was bombarded with 46,000 shells, estimated at over 7
million pounds of metal. Today the Fort is a National Monument administered
by the National Park Service. |
