A realistic oil painting of Fort Sumter under siege, engulfed in flames and smoke as cannon fire lights the sky. In the foreground, broken chains and scattered papers rest beside a Union flag and a Confederate flag on opposite sides, symbolizing the division that ignited the Civil War.
Fort Sumter wasn’t about slavery—until it was. Lincoln defended federal property; the South saw in that flag a threat to its slave society. War began over sovereignty—and over who counted as property. #AAH #FortSumterTruth
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