First shots fired to begin the Civil War April 12, 1861
On Friday, April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m., Confederate batteries opened fire, firing for 34 straight hours, on Fort Sumter. In the Black Abolitionist Archive there is a short article from the Weekly Anglo-African, April 20, 1861, that might be of interest to see how it was reported by the African American newspaper of that time....
