On April 12, 1861, the United States Civil War began when Confederate forces began a bombardment of the Union-held Fort Sumter at the mouth of the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.

The battle itself was not a great battle, and the number of casualties

was shockingly small. But what it began totally changed the lives of millions of people and the

course of history in the United States.

Learn more about the Battle of Fort Sumter and the start of the American Civil War

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