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5h 8min, apr 12, 1861 y - Civil War Begins

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The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring, 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.

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5h 8min, apr 12, 1861 y
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~ 164 years ago