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Flags over Fort Sumter
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Besides the 50-star United States flag, five replicas of historic flags regularly fly over Fort Sumter. These represent a timeline of Civil War flags at the fort from 1861-1865.
Composite photos of Maj. Anderson (left) and Gen. Beauregard (right)  

Did You Know?
Union Maj. Robert Anderson, commanding Fort Sumter, and Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, commanding Charleston's forces during the first battle of the Civil War, knew each other since the 1830s. Beauregard was a cadet at West Point and Anderson was his artillery instructor.

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