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Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina.
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What happened on April 6 and 7 1862?
US Civil War - Battle of Shiloh. Near Shiloh, Tennessee. General Ulysses S. Grant defeats confederate army.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired and who fired in them?
Charleston, South Carolina, where Confederate artillery opened up on the US army garrison on the island of Fort Sumter. The Confederate commander was General P.G.T. Beauregard, acting under orders from his President, Jefferson Davis.
Which battle forced president Lincoln hand and began the civil war?
Fort Sumter, when Confederate artillery fired on a US Army garrison on this small island in Charleston harbour, to assert sovereignty over South Carolina.
Where were the first shots fired of the Civil War?
The first shot's credited to the start of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina were the Confederate military attacked the fort.Fort sumpter
Confederate general from Louisiana that fired first shot of civil war?
Brigadier General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard commanded the Southern forces at Fort Sumter in April of 1861. He was born in Louisiana near New Orleans May 28, 1818.
