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    Default April 12, 1861

    On April 12, 1861, Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. These were the first shots of the war.
    Honor your ancestors tomorrow, wear the colors, fly the flag and kick a damn Yankee right in the ass

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    They weren't just any confederate artillery, they were a garrison of students from The Citadel
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dawhoo View Post
    They weren't just any confederate artillery, they were a garrison of students from The Citadel
    all true Southerners know that.

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    They were asked to leave....

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    You can't do that no more,you'd be deemed a racist.Everybody wants to agree with libanazis,nobody has any damn sense of pride anymore.its a damn shame when you can't even celebrate the greatest nation's ancestry without someone opening their mouth and say that the confederate flag is racist.
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    The first shots were not fired on Ft Sumter...

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    It was a Star

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    It’s still hard to believe that after 33 hours of firing on one another, not a single person was killed.

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    Edmund Ruffin comes to mind. I am not sure if he was actually the one to fire the first shots.

    He ended up killing himself in 1865.

    "And now with my latest writing and utterance, and with what will be near to my latest breath, I here repeat, & would willingly proclaim, my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race"

    Pretty strong resentment...
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    Good post!

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