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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,
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to take down the United States flag.
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A brand new Confederate states flag with stars and bars was put up.
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And then Anderson's men held a gun salute,
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21-gun salute,
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and the first casualties of the war occurred
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when two of Anderson's troops were killed on a powder keg
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that blew up because it was too close to one of the muskets.
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Four Aprils later--
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620,000 dead and 1.2 million wounded--