Fort Sumter was a fortification situated at the mouth of the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina. The first conflict of the US Civil War took place on April 12, 1861. On April 7, 1863, seven Passaic-class monitors, the experimental double-fixed-turreted USS Keokuk, and the ironclad frigate New Ironsides advanced in column toward Fort Sumter. Their goal was to bombard this linchpin of Charleston's defense into submission while entering the inner harbor to force Charleston's capitulation. It was a battle where ironclads faced fortifications, with the fortifications coming out the victor in this instance by demonstrating the prowess of Confederate gunners and the difficulties of naval bombardment and assault.
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Fort Sumter was a fortification situated at the mouth of the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina. The first conflict of the US Civil War took place on April 12, 1861. On April 7, 1863, seven Passaic-class monitors, the experimental double-fixed-turreted USS Keokuk, and the ironclad frigate New Ironsides advanced in column toward Fort Sumter. Their goal was to bombard this linchpin of Charleston's defense into submission while entering the inner harbor to force Charleston's capitulation. It was a battle where ironclads faced fortifications, with the fortifications coming out the victor in this instance by demonstrating the prowess of Confederate gunners and the difficulties of naval bombardment and assault.

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