It was an American attack on a confederate military base.
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It was a Confederate attack on an American military base.
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the spark of the civl war was many things but the first shots where fired at fort sumner
Anti slavery abolitionist John Brown did not spark the US Civil War. He did become a martyr for the cause to end slavery in that he was executed a few months after his attack on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
In the late 18th century, the American Revolution had been building for quite some time before the significant "spark" was lit. This spark came at Lexington, Massachusetts, in April of 1775, where a small force of brave Americans quietly stood in protest against approaching British "redcoats", were fired upon, ran from the field, and then regathered at the next town down the road, Concord. Joined by reinforcements, they drove the British from Concord and thus began the War for Independence.
A musket was in effect a single shot rifle. Loaded down the barrel with gun powder then the shot (lead ball) was put in and packed down. A flint held hammer was pulled back when ready to fire and the trigger released. This caused the flint to strike a spark igniting the gun powder.