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| April 12, 1861 April 13, 1861 |
Beginning at 4:30 am on the 12th and continuing until the morning of the 13th, Confederate batteries along the shore of Charleston Harbor fire on Fort Sumter under the command of Major Robert Anderson. Anderson arranges a surrender with Texas Senator Louis Wigfall on the morning of the 13th. | South Carolina |
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Fort Sumter | ||
| Edmund Ruffin | ||
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| April 12, 1862 | The Great Locomotive Chase | Georgia |
| The Great Locomotive Chase | ||
| Western and Atlantic Railroad | ||
| April 12, 1862 | Combining the Confederate Army of the Potomac with John Magruder's Army of the Peninsula and a large garrison at Norfolk, President Jefferson Davis creates the Army of Northern Virginia. | |
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| John Magruder | ||
| April 12, 1863 | Siege of Suffolk
General James Longstreet surrounds Suffolk in southeastern Virginia |
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| James Longstreet | ||
| April 12, 1864 | Battle of Fort Pillow
Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] defeats [US]. Following the defeat, Forrest's men massacre most of the occupants of the fort. They were black. |
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| Nathan Bedford Forrest |
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