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No, the Confederate troops fired the first shots in the Civil War during the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The Union troops stationed at the fort returned fire in self-defense.
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David Farragut was stationed at Fort Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War. He began his US Naval career at the age of 9 as a midshipman.
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