West Virgina
The location that arked the beginning of the civil war was Gettysburg.
The US Civil War started on April 12, 1861.
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No. The US Civil War established that no US state can leave the Union.
South Carolina.
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Since you use the term "slave state" I assume you mean at the start of the civil war. They all were states by 1861. The US went from East coast to West coast.
Virginia saw the most (122) battles of the US Civil War.
While certainly an important event in US history, the US Civil War didn't "lead" or "start" the study of US History.