<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Today in 1861, the Civil War begins as the first shots are fired as South Carolina forces open fire on Fort Sumter.</p>— Abraham Lincoln @ao_TheLinkoln <a href="https://twitter.com/ao_TheLinkoln/statuses/498185799910031360">August 9, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>