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The attack on Fort Sumter by South Carolina militia and the cadets from the Citadel military school on April 12, 1861, was the actual beginning of the Civil War. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry a couple of years earlier is sometimes cited as the first salvo of the Civil War, but hostilities ended after Brown's followers were killed. Therefore the attack on Fort Sumter, which resulted in four years of non-stop warfare, is the best answer for the starting event of the Civil War.
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∙ 15y agoIT began in Charleston, S.C. with the southern sympathizers firing onto the Union Fort Sumter that sat in the middle of the bay.
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∙ 13y agoConfederate artillery commanded by P.G.T. Beauregard, under orders from Jefferson Davis.
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∙ 11y agoConfederate artillery, under orders from General P.G.T. Beauregard.
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∙ 12y agobosten tea party
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∙ 14y agoFort Sumter, South Carolina.
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∙ 11y agoFort Sumter. Hope this helps!
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What union fort was attacked starting the civil war?
Fort Sumpter
In the American Civil War who declared war on who?
the south declared war on the north and attacked fort sumtner
What event started the American Civil War?
The election of 1860 (Lincoln) and slavery got the north and south heated, but the incident that started the civil war was at Fort Sumter. The lower south seceded and attacked Fort Sumter (a federal fort), this was considered an act of war. Lincoln attacked back and then the rest of the south secedes and the civil war started
Why is fort Sumter famous?
The first battle of the civil war happened at fort Sumter on April 12 1861
Did the civil war start at the attack on Fort Sumter?
Yes, the Civil War started on the attack on Fort Sumter. The first major battle of the war was the Battle of Bull Run.
What year did the Civil War start with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?
The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861, starting the Civil War.
What was the significants of fort Sumter?
When the confeserates attacked Fort Sumter it started the Civil War.
Where was the fort that southern forces attacked at the start of the civil war?
Fort Sumter, which is located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
What union fort was attacked starting the civil war?
Fort Sumpter
Did the civil war start with the union soldiers attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina 1861?
No they did not the confederates did
Fort Sumner?
Confederate attacked the Union their fort in South Carolina. This was the first actual battle & marked the start of the Civil War. (no casualties)
What month did the civl war start?
The Civil War of the United States of America began on April 12 when the confederates attacked Fort Sumter.
Who actually controlled the fort when the civil war started?
It was a Union fort. That is why the confederate forces attacked it.
How did the American Civil War start?
The firing on Fort Sumter.The civil war stated because if so much tension and then the union had a fort down south and it was attacked and the north declared war on the south wich led to the most bloodiest war in us history
How did the civil war begin between northern and southern states?
the civil war started when the south attacked fort sumpter
How did the troops know when to begin the civil war?
after the south attacked fort sumter
In the American Civil War who declared war on who?
the south declared war on the north and attacked fort sumtner
