please enjoy your travel through time on the 12th day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history
12th April History Timeline
1800s / the 19th century on the 12th of April
1861 : American Civil War began, when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. The civil war finished 4 years later.
