Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

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37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery ... abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” 37.