150 Years Ago Today--The Opening Salvo of the American Civil War

Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the start of the American Civil War.

A basic narrative of the war according to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War 

A couple of Civil War websites:

http://americancivilwar.com/ 

http://americancivilwar.com/civil.html 

Today Yahoo News ran a short piece on rare Civil War photos:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20110412/us_yblog_newsroom/rare-civil-war-photos-document-life-between-battles 

Fort Sumnter Today: