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Sumter
1954
Rob Crosby, born in Sumter, South Carolina, country singer, She's a Natural
1940
Joseph L. Goldstein, born in Sumter, South Carolina, physician, Nobel-1985
1930
James Gathers, Sumter, South Carolina, 200m runner 1952 Olympics bronze
1925
Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent
1925
Billy Pinkney, Sumter, South Carolina, rock bassist/vocalist, Drifters
1863
Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC
1863
Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter
1861
CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
1861
Formal Union surrender of Ft. Sumter
1861
After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft. Sumter surrenders to Confederates
1861
Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War
1861
1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC
1861
250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter
1860
Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter
1818
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, U.S. Confederate gen, Hero of Sumter
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