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the shooting at fort Sumter started the civil war and the confedarate fired at the union
The American Civil War's first shots were fired at Fort Sumter, a fortress located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Occupied by Union troops, the fort had for months been a thorn in the side of the South Carolina Confederates: they finally fired upon it (then shortly occupied it) in April of 1861, thereby initiating the start of hostilities that would become the Civil War.
The first shot's credited to the start of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina were the Confederate military attacked the fort.Fort sumpter
The US Fort in Charleston Harbor that was the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What happened is that, The Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter.The Union was forced to surrender, and they did. The only person who died in the Union there was killed in the last explosion.That's what happened at Fort Sumter. Read More on History.com
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter.
The Confederates fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
The Confederates fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
The Confederates fired the first shots at Fort Sumter.
April 12, 1861 when the Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter.
Fort Sumter
The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861, starting the Civil War.
The official start of the Civil War was when the South fired on Fort Sumter NC.
Fort Sumter, held by Union troops, was shelled into submission by the Confederates.
The Civil War
At Fort Sumter when the first shots were fired.