Answer: I gotchu
Explanation: 1. Abraham Lincoln is elected President
January 1861
Half the states did not want Abraham elected, so they split up, causing the formation of the Union and the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln, the States
2. Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
The official start to the Civil War, and the surrender of Fort Sumpter
General P.G.T. Beauregard (Confederacy), Robert Anderson (Union)
