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Why was fort Sumter’s location important

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Fort Sumter was located in Charleston, SC and was situated in a major port the south would need in order to have supplies available to wage a war against the union

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Had the confederacy not attacked Fort Sumter there is a chance that the Confederate States would still exist today, although by now slavery would most likely have been abolished anyway in the south.
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