Captain Gustavus V. Fox, commanding a flotilla of united States warships sets sail to force the relief of Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

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References:

Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 284.

Fort Sumter – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter#Civil_War

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