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100 federal cannons originally,
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now seized by the Confederate States of America--
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opened up and bombarded Fort Sumter for thirty-five hours.
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Anderson's men hid underground, in dugouts.
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They'd been well prepared for this.
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And none of them died in the bombardment
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of thousands of shells lobbed into the fort.
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The relief expedition arrived out at the mouth of the harbor
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during the firing,
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and it never got to the fort.
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On the 14th of April, after the bombardment ended,
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Anderson was forced to surrender the fort,