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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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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.
