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Favourite debating question.
The standard answer is Fort Sumter, April 12th 1861, when the Confederates fired on this U.S. Army garrison on a small island in Charleston Harbour.
Technically, there wasn't a war in progress. The Confederates could claim they didn't want a war. Lincoln couldn't declare war without appearing to recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
But great events have to have a starting-point in history, so Fort Sumter is generally cited.
Some historians like to claim that John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry was the notional starting-point. Others even point to the 'Bleeding Kansas' troubles of 1855-56.
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Where in south caralina were the first shots of the cilvil war fired?
fort sumter
When was the first shots fired of the cilvil war?
Confederate troops bombarded a federal arsenal at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
Where were the first shots of the war were fired?
the first shots of the war was fired at Fort Sumter
Who was president when the cilvil war started?
Buchanan was still in the chair when South Carolina seceded. But Lincoln had been inaugurated by the time the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter.
What state were the first shots of the American revolutionary war fired?
The first shots were fired in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Where were the first shots fired at?
The first shots were fired at the bridge of Concord
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Bunker Hill true or false?
true NEW RESPONDENT. False. The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington.
Fired the first shots in the Civil War.?
Confederate Troops
Where were the first fired shots of the civil war at?
Fort Sumter
Where the first shots American Revolutionary war were fired?
lexington and concord
Which state were the first shots of the civil war fired in?
South Carolina
What is cilvil war and Cilvil War?
define cilvil war and Cilvil War
