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13 April 1861 A.D. Fort Sumter, SC: MAJ Anderson, USA, Surrenders to Rebels After 33-Hour Bombardment Editors. “ 1861 – After a thirty-three hour bombardment by Confederate cannon, Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor surrenders. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/april-13/ . Accessed 10 Apr 2015. 1861 – After a thirty-three hour bombardment by Confederate cannon, Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor surrenders. The first engagement of the war ended in Rebel victory. The surrender concluded a standoff that began with South Carolina’s secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. When President Lincoln sent word to Charleston in early April that he planned to send food to the beleaguered garrison, the Confederates took action. They opened fire on Sumter in the predawn of April 12. Over the next day, nearly 4,000 rounds were hurled toward the black silhouette of Fort Sumter. Inside Sumter was its commander, Major Robert Anders...

11 April 1861 A.D. FORT SUMTER, SC: CSA BGEN P.G.T. Beauregard Orders MAJ Anderson, USA, & Fort Sumter to Stand Down & Surrender—Major Anderson Declines https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/april-11/ 1861 – Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard ordered the Federals under the command of Major Robert Anderson to surrender Fort Sumter, but Anderson refused. Anticipating war between North and South, Confederate President Jefferson Davis had ordered Beauregard to clear the harbor forts in Charleston, South Carolina, of Union troops. For three long months, Anderson and his besieged troops had waited for reinforcements at Fort Sumter. Back in Washington, Union naval officer Gustavus Fox raced against time to organize just such a mission.

31 March 2015 A.D. 34,000 Black Churches Break with Presbyterian Church, USA Evans, Anthony. “34,000 Black Churches Break Ties With Presbyterian Church USA.” Charisma News. 27 Mar 2015. http://www.charismanews.com/us/48944-34-000-black-churches-break-ties-with-presbyterian-church-usa . Accessed 27 Mar 2015. 34,000 Black Churches Break Ties With Presbyterian Church USA   More than 34,000 churches are leaving the Texas PCUSA over gay marriage. (Flickr/Creative Commons) The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans has broken its fellowship with Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) following its recent vote to approve same-sex marriage.   The Presbyterian General Assembly, the top legislative body of the PCUSA, voted last June to revise the constitutional language defining marriage. This arbitrary change of Holy Scripture is a flagrantly pretentious an...