Civil War 150
Civil War re-enactors gather to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Charleston, S.C.
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The lights shine at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. EDT to commemorate the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The South Carolina ceremony Tuesday begins the four-year national commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
Alice Keeney Associated Press
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Civil War reenactors gather at White Point Garden near Fort Sumter for a candlelight sunrise concert Tuesday, April 12, 2011 to commemorate the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired in Charleston, S.C. The South Carolina ceremony begins the four-year national commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
Alice Keeney Associated Press
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Alex McCaskill, 7, right, and his brother WIlliam, 10, of Lugoff, SC, gather at White Point Garden near Fort Sumter for a candlelight sunrise concert featuring "When Jesus Wept", to commemorate moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired in Charleston, SC on Tuesday, April12, 2011.
Alice Keeney Associated Press
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Civil War re-enactors prepare to fire a cannon at Fort Johnson, near Fort Sumter, to commemorate the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago, at Charleston Harbor in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
Alice Keeney Associated Press
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William Farley, second from left, fires a mortar at Fort Johnson, near Fort Sumter, to commemorate the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
Alice Keeney Associated Press
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Cannon blasts from Fort Johnson across Charleston Harbor toward Fort Sumter at daybreak signal the commemoration of the start of the Civil War 150 years ago, Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in Charleston, S.C.
Wade Spees The Post And Courier
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Civil War re-enactors fire a 21-gun salute at Fort Johnson, near Fort Sumter, to commemorate the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
Alice Keeney Associated Press
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Fort Sumter, viewed from Fort Johnson on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago in Charleston, S.C.
Alice Keeney Associated Press
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Ernest Parks, a re-enactor from Company I, Massachusetts 54th Regiment, tosses a wreath into Charleston Harbor toward Fort Sumter, seen in background, during commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
Wade Spees The Post And Courier
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Union soldiers from the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Company A, stand in front of the Capitol prior to the cannon fire to commemorate the Civil War's 150th anniversary in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Tuesday marks the anniversary of the day the bloody, four-year war opened with Confederate artillery firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861.
Jim Michaud Journal Inquirer
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Cannons fire outside the Connecticut state Capitol to commemorate the Civil War's 150th anniversary in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Tuesday marks the anniversary of the day the bloody, four-year war opened with Confederate artillery firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861.
Jim Michaud Journal Inquirer
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Dale Smith, 60, of Johnsonville, S.C. holds a Confederate Naval Jack flag as he looks out to Fort Sumter from the Battery in downtown Charleston, S.C. after canon where fired to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
C. Berry The State