15 ч 19 мин, 12 апр 1861 г. - Battle of Fort Sumter april 12-14, 1861

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After the Confederates left the Union, they demanded the surrender of Ft. Sumter, a Union fort in Charleston Harbor. The Union commander refused to surrender and waited for reinforcements that never came. In the meantime, Confederates fired the first shot of the war on the fort. The outcome was that the Confederate won the battle with no casualties.
this battle was significant because it was the 1st Battle of the Civil War.After these events,
lincoln’s call to arms raised 75,000.Several more Southern states seceded