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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3460898" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>April 12, 1861</p><p> The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/pgt-beauregard" target="_blank"><u>P.G.T. Beauregard</u></a> open fire on Union-held <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter" target="_blank"><u>Fort Sumter</u></a> in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. Two days later, U.S. President <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln" target="_blank"><u>Abraham Lincoln</u></a> issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to quell the Southern “insurrection.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3460898, member: 1246"] April 12, 1861 The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/pgt-beauregard'][U]P.G.T. Beauregard[/U][/URL] open fire on Union-held [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter'][U]Fort Sumter[/U][/URL] in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. Two days later, U.S. President [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln'][U]Abraham Lincoln[/U][/URL] issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to quell the Southern “insurrection.” [/QUOTE]
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