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Local Quiz - US Civil War

Hazlinny | 12:16 Sun 07th Oct 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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I seem to find different answers for this one - can anyone help please?

17. Who fired first shot to start the U.S. Civil War?

Mail on Sunday Crossword

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paddywak

the credit is given to Edmund Ruffin on the 12th April 1861 when he fired the opening shot of the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charlseton Harbour

paddywak

This site on Wiki gives details of Ruffins' life and death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Ruffin

Hazlinny

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Thank you, Paddywak. That site seems to confirm who it was.

paddywak

An fact about this action i found interesting was that even though the bombardment lasted about 35 hours, noboby was actually killed as a direct result of the action. The casualties on both sides (2 union 1 confederate) all occurred due to the missfiring of cannon

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