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The most important man to the Confederacy is the general.
First, I presume you're talking about Charleston, which is the capital of WV. Columbia is the capital of SC. Charleston was the capital of SC until WV became a state. In fact, Charleston was the capital of the Confederacy.
Fort Sumter - in Charleston Harbour (South Carolina), where the Confederacy was trying to assert its authority as a separate nation.
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April 12th 1861
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Lincoln's refusal to acknowledge the Confederacy, and his continued sending of supplies to this island-fort in Charleston Harbour. The firing of Confederate of artillery on the fort is taken as the first action of the Civil War.
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Because it was in Charleston Harbour, and the Confederacy was trying to assert its sovereignty over the whole of South Carolina. Lincoln did not recognise the Confederacy, and continued to occupy the fort with US troops.
Because the South wanted to assert that this island-fort in Charleston harbour was part of the Confederacy. The Union did not recognise the Confederacy, and tried to defend the fort as one of its own garrisons.