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42-pounder cannon, Model 1845, at Fort Sumter  

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The first Union shot of the Civil War was fired by Captain Abner Doubleday. He was the second senior officer at Fort Sumter, under Major Robert Anderson. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC

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Last Updated: April 06, 2008 at 11:07 EST