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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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