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Battle of Fort Sumter is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.

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Date	Process	Result
March 9, 2011	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
March 18, 2011	Featured article candidate	Not promoted

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on April 12, 2008, April 12, 2009, April 12, 2010, April 12, 2011, April 12, 2016, April 12, 2018, and April 12, 2021.

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