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Abraham Lincoln - Civil War Begin

Time: Saturday Apr 13, 1861

Place: Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.

Details: Major Robert Anderson, commander of the Union's Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, sent a request for provisions to Washington, and Lincoln's order to meet that request was seen by the secessionists as an act of war. On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter and began the fight.

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