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Confederate leaders agreed to let food supplies in, but then attacked the ships.
Confederate artillery, under their local commander P.G.T. Beauregard, acting under orders from the Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina was attacked by Confederate forces on April 12th, 1861, effectively starting the American Civil War.
Cause: Union ships were going to take supplies to the Fort when Confederate forces attacked the supply ships. Effect: The Civil War began
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