The Civil War began at 4:30 am on April 12, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, Charleston, SC. Confederate gunners fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC on April 12, 1861. Ft. Sumter fell 34 hours later.

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On the eve of anniversaries of the Declaration and the Battle of Gettysburg, it’s time to consider connections between the wars in York County.

WASHINGTON — The Confederate battle emblem on Mississippi's state flag continues to be an emotional ... state’s long history of segregation. Civil rights groups say the presidential ...

“It is sufficiently humiliating to have had to carry it and exhibit it,” fumed the Confederate ... to be the Civil War’s de facto conclusion. Much to Sims’ chagrin, the flag of truce ...