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The firing on Star of the North in Charleston harbor, Jan. 19, 1861.

The battle that is generally described as being the first of the civil war was when Confederate Militia fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, April 12, 1861.

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the first major clash was in bull run or mannassis

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