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It all began at Fort Sumter. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Five days later, 68 federal troops stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, withdrew to Fort Sumter, an island in Charleston Harbor.The North considered the fort to be the property of the United States government.ive days later, 68 federal troops stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, withdrew to Fort Sumter, an island in Charleston Harbor. The North considered the fort to be the property of the United States government.
This weekend, while taking a mini-vacation with the family to Stone Mountain in Georgia, I read on one of the displays there in the Memorial Hall museum that, âthe Civil War started when Confederate soldiers fired on federal troops at Fort Sumter.â Now thatâs just not a fair statement.