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Who Fired The First Shot At Fort Sumter North Or South? [Solved]

Friday April 12, 1861 A Virginia secessionist, Edmund Ruffin, claimed to have fired the “first shot” of the battle and the Civil War. At about 7 a.m., some two and a half hours after the general bombardment of the fort had commenced, Anderson gave the order for Sumter’s guns to begin their reply.

9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina as it approached Fort Sumter

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A Closer Look: Sword Inscribed to Edmund Ruffin, who fired the FIRST SHOT of the CIVIL WAR

Today we are taking A Closer Look at an incredibly historic sword that’s inscribed to Edmund Ruffin, the man