when did the civil war start

Answer by wer
Submitted on 2/27/2004
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The Civil War started in April 1861 when the Confederates attacked the Union troops stationed at Fort Sumter, a base about 1 mile outside of Charleston Harbor. After 33 hours of fighting, the Union troops surrendered and in retaliation, the North or Union troops declared war on the South or Confederate troops Printer Friendly Version Pinot Grigio 2000 What�s in this wine? It�s 100 percent Pinot Grigio, known as Pinot Gris in some other countries where it is grown. The word �grigio� means �gray� in Italian, and the grape does range in color from bluish gray to pink. But the color is only in the skins, which are not kept in contact with the juice long enough for them to color the wine. Where are the grapes grown?

Answer by Mytchness
Submitted on 3/22/2004
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The Civil War was started by a bunch of idiots who made stupid comments like stuff being "Gay, when in all reality, there was no homosexual relations to be relevant to the subject. And if we're not careful, stupid people like Hank T may ressurect a new civil war. Okay, so for real. The war was caused like any other war. An issue was brought up and it created a war. Take war on religion, for instance. It's a reasonable theory to think that a religious war might break out with the influential help of Harry Potter, much like Uncle Tom's Cabin helped influenced the war on slavery. History repeats itself. And idiots like Hank T are the cause. Sorry, Hank T, I didn't mean to totally flame you. You just made a stupid comment, and I tend to rant on stupid people. Go figure.

Answer by Um......Must I have one?
Submitted on 4/2/2004
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As far as I can tell it began in April of 1861 and ended in April of 1865. This war WAS NOT COMPLETELY OVER SLAVERY. Slavery was involved as a factor and threat towards the southern states to hinder there secession. It's a common misunderstanding, but honestly it was not started over slavery. The south didn't agree over the president, nor the other political issues going on in the nation. The Missouri Compromise which was a parcel of land that was supposed to be a slave state. When it brought to the house of Representatives to forbid importation of slaves, the southern states became offended by fact of VOTE in the house, not by fact of slavery. They were more worried about the slave states having a say, than they were about SLAVE STATES in general. This was in 1820.

Answer by HAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA
Submitted on 5/6/2004
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by 1860, cotton was the chief export of the South. while the Northern states were moving towards industrialization and manufacturing, the South opposed this and continued to be an agrarian society. a manufacturing economy does not require slave labor, but an economy that revolves around cotton does. therefore, the Southern states were very reluctant to give up their rights to own states. the Southern states also supported popular sovereignty, the idea of the states (not the federal government) deciding whether or not to allow slavery. slaveholders were afraid that a centralized federal government would take away their right to own slaves. an industrial economy required a strong central government but an agrarian economy did not. U ARE ALLLLLL STUPID

Answer by Blacknemesis
Submitted on 6/9/2004
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The Civil War began on April 9, 1865 when the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter. The battle was not fought just because of slavery. Slavery wasn't an important issue until later on in the war. Both sides had goals in the Civil War. The North fought to hold the Union together and the South just wanted to be independent. Their way of life was much different from the North's economy. Anyways, it ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. I could write 50 paragraphs about the Civil War without looking anything up, but why would I waste my time. I'm not trying to act all snotty or anything, but some of you are very stupid. Most of your answers are wrong. Please go get a brain. This is your own country, learn about it. Well, I hope you all have a wonderful day. Ciao!

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