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Surrender of Fort Sumter

Name: Surrender of Fort Sumter – United States factsheet records
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United States · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1861Date range

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Chronological records

1861

Abraham Lincoln4 1861

Fort Sumter · Warfare / Civil War

Union forces agree to surrender Fort Sumter after the bombardment

Names involved

Abraham Lincoln

Provenance

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