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.
Fort Sumpter
the south declared war on the north and attacked fort sumtner
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
The first battle of the civil war happened at fort Sumter on April 12 1861
Yes, the Civil War started on the attack on Fort Sumter. The first major battle of the war was the Battle of Bull Run.
The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861, starting the Civil War.
When the confeserates attacked Fort Sumter it started the Civil War.
Fort Sumter, which is located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
Fort Sumpter
No they did not the confederates did
Confederate attacked the Union their fort in South Carolina. This was the first actual battle & marked the start of the Civil War. (no casualties)
The Civil War of the United States of America began on April 12 when the confederates attacked Fort Sumter.
It was a Union fort. That is why the confederate forces attacked it.
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
the civil war started when the south attacked fort sumpter
after the south attacked fort sumter
the south declared war on the north and attacked fort sumtner