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January 5th, 1794
Edmund Ruffin, southern fire eater, plantation owner and proponent of slavery, was born in Prince George County, Virginia.
Ruffin claimed he was allowed to fire one of the first shots at Fort Sumter in 1861, the last shot he would ever fire was the one he used to take his own life when his sadness over Lee’s surrender became more than he could bear in June 17th 1865.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Ruffin