What was the first battle of the US Civil War? (Hint - also known as the attack that began the war)?

Kelley

Fort Sumter - worked for radio trivia.
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Dungeon Master

The first battle of the american civil war was Fort Sumter.

Fort Sumter started on April 12,1861.

Fort Sumter is in Charleston, South Carolina.

alextrbk_1999

Fort Sumter

sunshine05rose

Battle Fort Sumter
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"1861
April 12 - At 4:30 AM Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins."

http://www.civilwar.com/content/section/16/42/

kmart

Fort Sumter

The Girl Is A Geek

Wasn't it the attack on Fort Sumter (sic)?

If I am wrong I apologize, it has been about 20 years since US History class.

SFC_Raptor

The Battle of Fort Sumter

I Love Taylor

Fort Sumter is correct

Antiliber

Fort Sumter first engagement

Bull Run, Manasses first Field battle

GraWolfe

FT SUMPTER worked for 105.9 radio trivia

Princess of the Realm

The attack on Ft Sumter. And, there was nothing civil about it, either call it the War of Northern Aggression or the War Between the States.

Darren G

Sumter was the first attack (naval), and the Battle of Philippi Races was the first organized land action, even though it is dismissed by some as a skirmish between Union and Confederate soldiers. Manassas (Bull Run) was the first major land battle to take place.

M J

FORT SUMTER

Sher

Fort Sumter for CISNFM

F-22_Ace

fort sumpter

One eyed pirate

ft. sumter
http://www.nps.gov/fosu

James M

Fort Sumter works for Radio Trivia

SUPER MOM

FORT SUMTER is the answer for radio trivia:-)
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OkieDanCer

Actually, the first battle(verbal) was between the Constitutional Delegates of the 13 States when they were framing the Constitution. Bitter exchanges between the slaveholding delegates and the others led nowhere and the first compromise to appease the slaveowners started the United States toward the bitter disintegration of the Union between 1861 and 1865.

Abiding by your hint, the first battle(physical) was John Brown and his ragtag band against the Virginia militia under Robert E. Lee. This small demonstration of the fanaticism of Abolitionists gelled the resolve of slaveowners and their "pocket politicians" to brook no further interference by either Abolitionists or their politicians.

The first shots fired by a seceded state, South Carolina, were on January 9, 1861, when artillery forced the Star of the North to retreat from its attempt to resupply Fort Sumter.

The first exchange between forces of the respective Nations was at Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861.

Pelagius

Fort Sumpter? Bull Run?
Or did John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry start the trouble?

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