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Why was it important to Davis that the confederacy take control of Fort Sumter?

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Fort Sumter was a crucial area for the Confederacy to take control of because it would allow them to create a hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic port. They also wanted that area because of the shipping lanes and was occupied by union soldiers.
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