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Today, Fort Sumter is a National Monument operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
Today, Fort Sumter is a National Monument operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
==History==
Fort Sumter was a Union fortification that received the first shots that began Civil War. In 1827, construction of the fort began and on December 26, 1860, shots were fired on the fort. Fort Sumter was then under command under Union Major Robert Anderson and being fired upon by Confederate Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard. Beauregard fired upon the fort for 2 straight days. Because the Union troops were weak from lack of supplies, Anderson surrendered his troops and the Confederate Army controlled the fort.
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