Confederate leaders ordered the attack after President Abraham Lincoln refused to withdraw the small force of American soldiers at Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The fort's commander asked Pryor if he would like the honor of firing the mortar that would begin the attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The attack took place far from the coast showing the pirates' ability to carry out long distance raids.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

This week in our series, Jack Moyles and Stuart Spencer tell about the attack on Fort Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The attack also was made on all naval and military facilities on the principal island of Oahu.

VOA: special.2011.05.19

President Lincoln appointed navy officer David Farragut to lead the attack on New Orleans.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Two weeks ago, sixteen year old Stacy performed a poem about the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City in two thousand one.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

The attack was so quick that the audience did not know what had happened.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

International investigators have blamed a North Korean submarine for the attack.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

The attack was led by John Brown, an old anti-slavery extremist.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

The attack started from Fort Johnson across the harbor from Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

She was shot through the brain. Police believe she was the main target of the attack -- the first shooting of a member of Congress in more than thirty years.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

When Buchanan learned of the attack, he wanted immediate action.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

But others could. And the attack began.

VOA: special.2009.08.13