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SC decides to secede from the Union
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first shots fired at Fort Sumter
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beginning of the blockade by the Union to try to destroy the economy of southern states during the Civil War
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Robert Smalls commandeers the USS Planter and escapes to a Union ship.
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The Hundley sinks the Housatonic, a Union ship, before sinking later the same day
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Sherman exits Georgia and enters South Carolina to continue his path of destruction
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South Carolina troops surrender to Sherman in Columbia.