Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Edmund Ruffin” in part 3.5, chapter 3.6 of Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1.:
...to waste his ammunition.
We have not been in the habit of regarding the signal shell fired from Fort Johnson as the first gun of the conflict, although it was undoubtedly aimed at Fort Sumter.
Edmund Ruffin of Virginia is usually credited with opening the attack by firing the first gun from the iron-clad battery on Morris Island.
The ball from that gun struck the wall of the magazine where I was lying...
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