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Fort Sumter is the fort that was fired upon by the Confederacy in April of 1861. For all practical purposes these were the first shots of the war. In legal terms the armed conflict between the US and threrebelling states began in July of 1861, as decided by the US Supreme Court.
The Civil War started when Confederate forces opened fire at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina on 12 April 1861

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