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FORT SUMTER

FORT SUMTER. September 25, 2013. Sept 25, 2013 R.A.W. Where were the first shots of the war fired?. AIM #6 Why did so many men die in the Civil War?. I. F o r t S u m t e r. 4 days after election SC secedes First shots of the war would come in April of 1861.

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FORT SUMTER

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  1. FORT SUMTER September 25, 2013

  2. Sept 25, 2013 R.A.W. Where were the first shots of the war fired? AIM#6 Why did so many men die in the Civil War?

  3. I. Fort Sumter • 4 days after election SC secedes • First shots of the war would come in April of 1861. • Southern forces open fire on a U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

  4. Fort Sumter, SC was surrounded by Confederate forces and surrendered on April 14, 1861

  5. Fort Sumter, SC

  6. Fort Sumter Falls to the Confederacy

  7. Lincoln begins mobilizingNorthern (Union) forces

  8. -Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee & North Carolinasecede

  9. II. Border States Border states remained loyal to the Union but were slave states Missouri, Kentucky, Md, & Delaware • “hope to have God on my side, but I must have KENTUCKY!” • Lincoln in 1861

  10. Border states remained loyal to the Union but were slave states

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