If you want to be technical, the unofficial start date was 11/6/1860, which was the day Abraham Lincoln was elected President. read more
The exact starting point of the Civil War is not really important now, any more than pointing to one specific incident to mark the beginning of the Revolutionary War is important. What’s important for us to understand is that AL needed Yankees to believe that it was Ft Sumter, and of course they fell for it. read more
The American Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. The fort had been the source of tension between the Union and Confederacy for several months. read more
5. The Union went into the Civil War with the idea that it would be easy to defeat the South. The First Battle of Bull Run was a hard-fought battle that showed the North that the Civil War would not be won quickly or easily. read more