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Sumter, Fort

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A fort on a shoal in Charleston harbour, 3½ m. from the town; occupied by Major Anderson with 80 men and 62 guns in the interest of the secession of South Carolina from the Union, and the attack on which by General Beauregard on 12th April 1861 was the commencement of the Civil War; it held out against attack and bombardment till the month of July following.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sumter, Fort'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sumter-fort.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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