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The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861, starting the Civil War.
April 12, 1861
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The first shot's credited to the start of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina were the Confederate military attacked the fort.Fort sumpter
When the confeserates attacked Fort Sumter it started the Civil War.
To assert their nationhood. Sumter was in South Carolina, founder-state of the Confederacy - a nation that Lincoln did not recognise.
they wanted revenge on the Union
Cause: Union ships were going to take supplies to the Fort when Confederate forces attacked the supply ships. Effect: The Civil War began
Confederate leaders agreed to let food supplies in, but then attacked the ships.