Fort Sumter – Prelude to the Civil War
One hundred and sixty years ago, on April 12, 1861, the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor began what was the prelude to the American Civil War. As …
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American Civil War
History of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Causes and developments leading to the Civil War and events in the first year of the war, 1861. The American Civil War of …
