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Firing began at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked the Union-held fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The conflict arose after the secession of several Southern states from the Union and the subsequent establishment of the Confederacy. The Union's refusal to surrender the fort, despite being surrounded and low on supplies, prompted the Confederates to initiate hostilities, marking the official start of the American Civil War.

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