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South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union.
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This was a battle that started the civil war. Fort Sumter was a military base that confederate soldiers attacked.
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Union and Confederate armies fought in Virginia in Manassas Junction. This was when 35,000 Union soldiers attacked 20,000 confederate troops near a small river that is called Bull Run
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This battle went from June 25th to July 1st in 1862. Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee drove back General George B. McClellan's union force and stopped the unions attempt to take the confederate capital in Richmond, Virginia
