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Authoring, Researching, Reporting and other Work A Learning On-Line Activity by Howard Taylor Fort Sumter and Abraham Lincoln Decisions, T-Mails, Start of a War
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Secedes
Map from the American Civil War Society Website
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. . . Upon passing the Ordinance of Secession (Dec., 1860), South Carolina demanded that all federal property within the state, particularly the forts of Charleston harbor—Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, and Castle Pinckney be evacuated by Union troops and taken over by S. Carolina.
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