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apr 12, 1861 - Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy. He ordered the Confederate military to attack Fort Sumter starting the Civil War. Davis also appointed Robert E Lee as the commander of the Virginia army giving Lee control of the Eastern front.

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~ 164 years ago