Fort Sumter
Charleston, South Carolina
Fort Sumter, 2004
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The fort was named after General Thomas Sumter, a hero of the American Revolution. On April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m., Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which started the American Civil War.
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- Fort Sumter was built after the War of 1812 as one of a series of fortifications on the southern U.S. coast. Construction began in 1829, using slave labor, and the structure was unfinished in 1860, when the Civil War began.
- Today, Fort Sumter is a popular tourist attraction administered by the U.S. National Park Service.
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