10 PIVOTAL Events That Led To The American CIVIL WAR....

On December 20th, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to officially secede from the Union for one primary reason – to avoid the impending ban on slavery which seemed all the more likely with the recent election of Abraham Lincoln. To deal with the problem of United States military forts existing within their state in Charleston Harbor, the state demanded that all U.S. Army personnel abandon their posts. Major Robert Anderson, who was in charge of the U.S. forces near Charleston, remained loyal the Union and moved himself and all union troops to Fort Sumter, the most powerful and defensible fortress in the harbor.

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Confederate forces would not allow any union ships to supply or reinforce Fort Sumter, effectively beginning a siege. Once President Lincoln took office, he informed the governor that he was sending supplies and food to Fort Sumter. The Confederate government had to make a decision – allow Fort Sumter to be re-supplied or attack, preventing hungry soldiers from receiving food while simultaneously beginning a Civil War. They went with option 2. On April 12th, 1861, Artillery Batteries surrounded the Fort and attacked, bombarding them for 34 hours until Anderson had no choice but to surrender. During this first Civil War battle, the only casualty was one Confederate horse.

While The Battle at Fort Sumter was the final event that led to the American Civil War, it certainly wasn’t the first. Tensions had been brewing for decades, and there were multiple major events throughout the 19th century that led to the deadliest military conflict in American history. In this week’s video, 10 major events that led to the battle at Fort Sumter and the Civil War itself will be quickly discussed in order of their occurrence. These will be relatively quick overviews but I encourage every one to further research any of these events that sound particularly interesting.

10. Nat Turner's Rebellion
9. The Wilmot Proviso
8. The Compromise of 1850
7. "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
6. Bleeding Kansas (Kansas-Nebraska Act)
5. The Caning of Charles Sumner
4. The Dred Scott Decision
3. John Brown's Raid
2. The Election of 1860
1. The Formation of the Confederacy

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