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Fort Sumter and the âStartâ of the American Civil War (Photo of the Day) Michael Levy - April 12, 2011. It was 150 years ago today, in the early morning of April 12, 1861, that the American Civil War officially began.
The events leading to the US Civil War began on April 12, 1861 at 4:30 A.M. A cannon shell exploded over Fort Sumter. This was followed by artillery bombardments Confederate Confederate artillery on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Southern states wanted to form a new country and foâ¦.