South Carolina - appropriately, since it had been the first state to secede.
Fort Sumter was a Union garrison on a tiny island in Charleston harbour. When the Confederates fired on it, the garrison was safely evacuated, and Lincoln effectively declared war by calling for 75,000 volunteer troops.
Chickamauga
One of the earliest battles of the Civil War was the Battle of Manasas or also known by the river's name, Bull Run.
There wasn't any Civil War battle that took place on October 9th, 1865. The Civil War ended May 9, 1865.
The battle took place at Cold Harbor Virginia, about 10 miles northeast of Richmond.
The last recognized major engagement of the Civil War was the Battle of Columbus, near Columbus, Georgia. However, the last engagement between Union and Confederate forces took place at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, in Texas. However, since this battle took place after Robert E. Lee's formal surrender at Appomattox, most historians cite the Battle of Columbus as the last land battle of the Civil War.
The first battle of the Civil War took place at Charleston - South Carolina, on April 12, 1861.
The first major battle of the Civil War was Bull Run/Manassas.
Chickamauga
The first battle of the Civil War took place at Charleston - South Carolina, on April 12, 1861.
The first Civil War battle to take place in Virginia was the First Battle of Bull Run. It was fought on July 21, 1861 and resulted in a victory for the Confederacy.
Mannassas
The first land battle of the Civil War took place at the First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas) near Manassas Junction, Virginia on July 21, 1861.This followed the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumpter (Charleston, South Carolina) on April 12, 1861, along with the capture of other Union forts on the Atlantic coast of the South.
South Carolina
No, they did not surrender. This was the first battle of the Civil War which took place in South Carolina in 1861.
The first major land battle of the Civil War was the First Battle of Bull Run, known to the South as First Manassas, in Virginia.
Apart from the Fort Sumter bombardment and a few skirmishes in Western Virginia, the first battle proper was First Bull Run (Manassas), July 1861, won by the Confederates. But neither army had been anywhere near ready for combat - which was the chief lesson of the battle.
The Battle of Bull Run was the first battle of the Civil War, and there was a second Battle of Bull Run that took place in 1862 or 1863, I forget because I studied it over a year ago.