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A bunch of Southern states declared that they were not part of the USA anymore. Then one of them attacked a US Army base at Fort Sumter (which quickly surrendered), officially beginning the war.

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What marks the start of the Civil War?

The location that arked the beginning of the civil war was Gettysburg.


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