This Day in History: The Civil War Begins : vimarsana.com

The Civil War began on April 12th, 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, a Union-held fort, in Charleston Bay, South Carolina, and would last for four bloody years, with a staggering loss of lives on both sides.

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