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The American Civil War's first shots were fired at Fort Sumter, a fortress located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Occupied by Union troops, the fort had for months been a thorn in the side of the South Carolina Confederates: they finally fired upon it (then shortly occupied it) in April of 1861, thereby initiating the start of hostilities that would become the Civil War.
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Who shot first in the American Civil War The North or the South?
The South fired the first shot in the American Civil War.
Wh ere was the first shots fired of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter in charleston.
What was significant about the Attack on Fort Sumter?
It was the first battle of the Civil War, the first time shots were fired
Was the first shots of the civil war fired in South Carolina in April 12 1861?
Yes it was.
What was fort summer?
The US Fort in Charleston Harbor that was the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
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