The main cause of the Civil War has been debated for years. The first military action was Confederate forces attacking Union Fort Sumter. Also, research a man named John Brown. Many people believe he was a saint, others blame him for causing the war.
The location that arked the beginning of the civil war was Gettysburg.
It was the beginning of the Civil War.
It was the beginning of the Civil War.
Pearl Harbor bombing
At the beginning of the US Civil War, Robert Smalls was working at the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina. (He was still a slave, so his wages were paid to his owner.)
The main cause of the Civil War has been debated for years. The first military action was Confederate forces attacking Union Fort Sumter. Also, research a man named John Brown. Many people believe he was a saint, others blame him for causing the war.
The name of the Federal fort in the Charleston, South Carolina harbor, Fort Sumter, will always be remembered in US history. It was there that the Southern forces bombarded the fort with canon fire and for all practical purposes was the beginning of the US Civil War.
David Farragut was stationed at Fort Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War. He began his US Naval career at the age of 9 as a midshipman.
Since there was no declaration of war, and there was no "open" invasion into South Vietnam (like what happened in the Korean War)...there is NO STARTING DATE. Only the beginning of US presence and the beginning of US casualties; which started around 1955/1956. To head off the next question before it's even asked: WWII was the last US declared war; no US war since WWII was declared. In addition, the US Civil War (also known as the American Civil War 1861-1865 was NOT a declared war).
*The civil war *The War between the States
At the beginning of the US Civil War Deleware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia used slave labor. Washing DC also had legal slavery. This was an embarrassing issue for President Lincoln.
At the beginning of the US Civil War, both sides split artillery into self-contained batteries. And, each battery was allocated to a particular brigade, regiment or even on a battalion basis.