Rockwood, TN weather and traffic updates by locals. Please note by clicking on Post you acknowledge that you have read the Terms of Service and the report and/or forecast you are posting is in compliance with such terms. Be respectful. An inappropriate report and/or forecast will be removed by a moderator.
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 significance of Fort Sumter is that it is where the Civil War essentially started. When the Union tried to resupply the fort and the South fired on the fort, the war was inevitable. Fort Sumter was a fort in the harbor of Charleston, SC.Even after South Carolina seceded from the Union, Pres.Lincoln declared that he would continue to keep Union troops in the fort.he significance of Fort Sumter is that it is where the Civil War essentially started. When the Union tried to resupply the fort and the South fired on the fort, the war was inevitable. Fort Sumter was a fort in the harbor of Charleston, SC.