August 17th, 1863
American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter. event on August 17, 1863. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around August 17, 1863
August 17th, 1863 | Birth | Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (died in 1924) |
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