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Fort Barrancas, Pensacola,Escambia County,Florida: American Civil War

: One of the First Shots of the American civil War happened near FT.Barrancas. A group of drunken towns people came and harassed a sentry who was forced to shoot over their heads. The towns people ran from Ft. Barrancas, and the fort was abandoned.