SANDY KOZEL

The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when
Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort
Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

Following a 34-hour bombardment, U.S. Major Robert
Anderson surrendered the fort, prompting President
Lincoln to call for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the
rebellion.    
    
Thus four of the bloodiest years in American history
began.

(FOX NEWS) – Wisconsin researchers recently discovered a
145-year-old shipwreck in a murky river, and it was a complete
surprise. The vessel was found with sonar during the search for
a different ship.

Archaeologists were trying to map a different shipwreck, the
Berlin City vessel (shown below).

The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA),
the organization that led the trip, confirmed the discovery of
the L.W. Crane to Fox News Digital. The ship was found near
the city of Oshkosh.

Historians believe the vessel, built in 1865, sank in 1880. 

July 3, 1863: On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg,
Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s last attempt at breaking
the Union line ended in disastrous failure, bringing the most
decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end.

Robert E. Lee by Pompeo Coppini – University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, Texas.

Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)

Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War leader and 18th president of the
United States, was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant,
Ohio.

The son of a tanner, Grant showed little enthusiasm for joining
his father’s business, so the elder Grant enrolled his son at
West Point in 1839.

Though Grant later admitted he had no interest in the military
apart from honing his equestrian skills, he graduated in 1843
and went on to serve in the Mexican-American War, though
he opposed it on moral grounds. He then left his beloved wife
and children again to fulfill a tour of duty in California and
Oregon.