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Which event marked the official start of the Civil War?

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The attack on Fort Sumter officially started the Civil war.

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March 4, 1861- Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States in Washington, DC. April 12, 1861- Southern forces fire upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The Civil War has formally begun

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