Fort Sumter: How Civil War Began With a Bloodless Battle

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 11:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A mule was its only fatality, but the Battle of Fort Sumter 150 years ago nevertheless sparked the Civil War, the United States' deadliest.

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