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6 results for SUMTER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 22, 2015	122A	Fort ___ National Monument	Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Apr 26, 2009	90D	Historic South Carolina fort	Trip Payne	Shortz
Sat Jan 10, 2009	9D	Early South Carolina senator Thomas	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Sun Dec 1, 2002	99D	Fort in 1861 news	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sun Nov 19, 2000	5D	South Carolina county or its seat	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Sun Feb 13, 2000	98D	Historic Fort ___	Bill Zais	Shortz

13 results for SUMTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 28, 1986	47D	Fort in the news in 1861	Virginia P. Abelson	Maleska
Tue Oct 22, 1985	31A	Fort of fame	Finn	Maleska
Sat Jun 12, 1976	43A	See 32 Down	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Weng
Mon Jul 5, 1965	34A	Fort in Charleston harbor.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 15, 1963	45A	Fort of Civil War fame.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1962	43A	Historic fort.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Nov 27, 1960	12D	Historic fort.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sat Jan 2, 1960	26A	Fort ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 8, 1956	87D	Civil War fort.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Thu Aug 7, 1952	37D	Where the Civil War started, April 12, 1861.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 10, 1949	94D	Fort where Civil War started	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Dec 30, 1945	29A	Opening battle of Civil War.	Harriot Cooke	Farrar
Sun Dec 20, 1942	50D	Site of first shot of Civil War.	Mrs. Hedley V. Cooke	Farrar

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