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Fort • Union troops remained at Ft.

Sumter, which is located


Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
• The Confederacy made repeated calls for the Union to
leave Ft. Sumter
• On April 12, 1861 Confederate forces fired on Ft.
Sumter, the Union troops returned fire, but lost the
fort
• these were the first shots fired during the Civil War

Secession • On April 17, 1861, as a direct result of Ft. Sumter,


Again Virginia seceded from the Union
• Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina all soon
followed
• They joined the Confederate States of America, which
now consisted of 11 Southern states

Border • four slave-holding states did not secede from the


States Union becoming known as ‘border states’
• they were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware

Fort • Union troops remained at Ft. Sumter, which is located


Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
• The Confederacy made repeated calls for the Union to
leave Ft. Sumter
• On April 12, 1861 Confederate forces fired on Ft.
Sumter, the Union troops returned fire, but lost the
fort
• these were the first shots fired during the Civil War

Secession • On April 17, 1861, as a direct result of Ft. Sumter,


Again Virginia seceded from the Union
• Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina all soon
followed
• They joined the Confederate States of America, which
now consisted of 11 Southern states
Border • four slave-holding states did not secede from the
States Union becoming known as ‘border states’
• they were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware

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