U.S. Civil War History
1861 - In Charleston Harbor, Union Major Robert Anderson and 76 of his men surrended Fort Sumter to the Confederates under General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. The first engagement of the war ended in a Rebel victory.
1861 - The postmaster-general of the Confederate States of America ordered local postmasters to return their U.S. stamps to Washington, DC.
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