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The first shots were exchanged between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, when the Union ship \u2018Star of the West\u2019 attempted to deliver troops and supplies to Fort Sumter, South Carolina [more<\/a>]. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first shots were exchanged between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, when the Union ship \u2018Star of the West\u2019 attempted to deliver troops and supplies to Fort Sumter, South Carolina [more].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2143,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/150-years-today-7th-nov-1861-american-civil-war-battle-belmont-missouri\/","url_meta":{"origin":1610,"position":0},"title":"150 Years Ago Today (7th Nov. 1861): American Civil War: Battle of Belmont, Missouri","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"November 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"American Civil War: Battle of Belmont, Missouri. 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