On April 20, 1861, just days after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Colonel Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army, ending more than three decades of federal service and setting in motion one of the most consequential personal…
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The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the igniting point of the American Civil War, a cataclysmic conflict that tore the nation apart. Situated on an island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Fort Sumter held strategic significance as a federal stronghold in…
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