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Greeting from fort Sumter


  I’m in Charleston,SC at Fort Sumter. The date here is April 12th,1861. It is about an hour or two after the battle.Im writing to you to inform you about the battle. Major Robert Anderson was the commander of soldiers in Fort Sumter. I am under the command of General Beauregard. Today starts the war. This is just what Abraham Lincoln has been asking for.Our ship was near Fort Sumter. I heard that General Beauregard was supposed to fire the first shot but he did not want to be the one to do it. Instead of him firing the shot, Lieutenant Farliegh shot the first shot. The time of the first shot was roughly 4:30 A.M. The Battle lasted for about two days but yet no one was killed in the battle. The yankees started to sail home to new york. Unfortunately we let them go with their supplies and ships, I would have taken it all but it’s not up to me. As the Yankees sailed home they were saluting to the flag by shooting blanks on their cannons but on the 27th shot, one of the cannons blew up killing one yankee and mortally wounding another.