Question

Who Started The Civil War?

Answer 1

Answer:

On April 12, after Lincoln ordered a fleet to resupply Sumter, Confederate artillery fired the first shots of the Civil War. Sumter's commander, Major Robert Anderson, surrendered after less than two days of bombardment, leaving the fort in the hands of Confederate forces under Pierre G.T. Beauregard

Answer 2

Answer:

The Civil War began when Southern troops bombarded Fort Sumter, South Carolina. When the southern states seceded from the Union, war was still not a certainty.

Combatants: Confederate States of America, Union

Military personnel involved: Abraham Lincoln