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Tango01  | 01 Jul 2026 1:50 p.m. PST |
…First Bloodshed of the Civil War
"Following the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861), President Lincoln issued a proclamation, asking for the states to raise 75,000 men to help reclaim Federal installations in the Confederate states.
Fortunately, no one was killed during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, although one man was killed in an accident during the surrender ceremony. On April 19, 1861, the 6th Massachusetts Infantry arrived at the President Street Station in Baltimore and started to change trains. With two trainloads of men still needing to be transferred, a mob gathered and blocked the tracks with timbers and anchors while some of the people shouted at the soldiers. Some people in the crowd were carrying pistols and muskets…"
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