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Theyheld the coveted position with 6,500men, but fearing the attack of 20,000Unionists, deserted it. It was heldby the Union troops until 1S62, when,on the fifteenth of September, Stone-wall Jackson bombarded the townand forced its surrender. The Unionloss was 80 killed, 120 wounded,11,583 captured. The Confederateloss was 500. In this engagementwere the brave boys of the 12th NewYork State Milit . The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . joined the Southern forces. Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861).—The first gun wasfired by the South on Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor.The fort was commanded by Major Anderson, with but70 men. It was bombarded by the forts and batteriesunder command of Peter G. T. Beauregard; and for34 hours this little garrison of 70 men contested with7000 rebels, no one being hurt on either side. 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