Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1920 — First Gun of the Civil War. [ARTICLE]

First Gun of the Civil War.

On the 9th of January, In 1861, the steamship Star of-the West was sent by the federal government from New York with supplies and re-enforce-ments for Fort Sumter, In Charleston harbor. When the Star of the West reached Charleston she was upon by Confederate batteries from the town and was obliged to turn back. This was the first actual gunfire of the Civil war.