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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: SecularBull who wrote (119745)	12/27/2000 5:20:29 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) of 769667

<<What legal right did the the U. S. Government have to keep the Southern States from seceding from the Union? What was the legal basis for invading the South?>> Sounds like Johnny Reb fired first. On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Garrison commander Anderson refused. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which was unable to reply effectively. At 2:30 p.m., April 13, Major Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter, evacuating the garrison on the following day. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War. Although there were no casualties during the bombardment, one Union artillerist was killed and three wounded (one mortally) when a cannon exploded prematurely when firing a salute during the evacuation.

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