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Why do you think the author mentioned the fact that the

federal commander at Fort Sumter, Major Robert Anderson,
was a former slaveowner?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Charleston Harbor, SC | Apr 12 - 14, 1861. The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War—a war that lasted four years, cost the lives of more than 620,000 Americans, and freed 3.9 million enslaved people from bondage.

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