Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina.
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During.
This is Fort Sumter today, her upper tier gone, with the remains of her WWI Endicott-era Battery Huger, which mounted two 12-inch rifles. During WWII Fort Sumter had two 90mm anti-aircraft guns installed. She became a National Monument in 1948.
For all the smoke and flame of the first battle of the Civil War, no one died. The first soldier killed by the war died on April 14, 1861, the day after the battle of Fort Sumter ended. Private Daniel Hough died when the cannon he was loading for the Union's 100-gun salute to the U.S. flag prior to the surrender of the fort, discharged prematurely.
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