An Ounce - For Your Consideration
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I’m Jim Fugate—retired firefighter, lifelong learner, and an outside-the-box thinker who loves sharing history’s hidden gems. These quick, engaging stories don’t take themselves too seriously, won’t steal your precious time, and might just make you feel a little bit smarter.
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An Ounce - For Your Consideration
Perspectives on Mortality and War
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On April 12, 1861, the first shots of the civil war were fired as confederate forces opened up on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
It was a battle without casualties. At least, at the moment that the Union Surrendered to Confederate General Beauregard, no one had died.
As the Stars and Stripes were lowered, a one-hundred-gun salute was given by the northern forces. That’s when it happened. A canon on the union side experienced an accidental discharge, and Private Danial Hough was killed – by accidental friendly fire.