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[David Lockmiller]

I hesitate to write this but wasn't Daniel Hough, 1st United States Artillery Regiment at Battle of fort Sumter the first to die in the war?
On April 14, 1861.
Five other soldiers, including Edward Galloway, were wounded (Galloway would die of his wounds five days later in a hospital).

Daniel Hough (c. 1825 – April 14, 1861) was an Irish-born American soldier who became the first man to die in the American Civil War. His death was accidental, caused by a cannon that went off prematurely during a salute to the flag after the Battle of Fort Sumter. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sadly, the only casualties at Fort Sumter come during the 100-gun salute, when a round explodes prematurely, killing Pvt. Daniel Hough and mortally wounding another soldier. The attack is over, but the war had just begun. (Source: Fort Sumter - American Battlefield Trust)

The Civil War formally begins. April 15, 1861- President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion. (Source: Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park)

I have considered recently all the work that Professor Burlingame has done in his works on Lincoln and I am astounded. It would have taken me many centuries to do the work that he has done in one lifetime.