– FIRST FLAMES OF WAR MURAL WILLEY MCPORTR LETCHER CAPERTON EDWARDS LINCOLN SEWARD WISE JONES EARLY LEWIS RANDOLPH STUART ACT IV – SCENE I – FORT SUMTER IS FIRED UPON, RICHMOND TEMPERS FLARE. April 12 – Friday, Fort Sumter, SC: At 4:30 A.M. . . . the country’s collective sigh of relief