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The Confederates did not need to fire on Fort Sumter. Their impatience and short sightedness, caused them it engage in the conflict. The South was not ready to fight a war of independence in April of 1861 and should have refrained from giving US President Lincoln grounds for calling up 75,000 volunteers to handle the rebellion.

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Q: Why did Southern forces have to fire shots at Fort Sumter in April of 1861?
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