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February 4, 1861 seven southern states make a decision that will cost hundred of thousands American lives. These southern states chose to leave the Union to create The Confederate states of America. On April 12 before morning light Confederate troops under command of P.G.T. Beauregard fired a cannon shot from Fort Johnson to Union Fort Sumter. This shot subsequently led to a bombardment from the Confederates upon Fort Sumter. Union troops stationed in Fort Sumter were miserably out numbered and out gunned so in the afternoon of April 14 Union troops under Robert Anderson surrendered to the Confederates after a two day bombardment. Astonishingly not single man, Union or Confederate were killed during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. And from that moment on the war was on.

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 [b] [center]Union Generals[/center][/b]
[center]Templar Knight, Ulysses Simpson Grant[/center]
[center]Jangel13, Jackson Ortega[/center] 
[center]Dakco, Richard S. Williams[/center]
[center]Rare, Joseph Dana Webster[/center]

[center][b]Confederate Generals[/b][/center]
[center]duck55223, Gabriel Jackson[/center]
[center]MrMelon, Abraham J. Swift [/center]
[center]Missy, Robert Edward Lee[/center]
[center]Byrd Man, Nathan Bedford Forrest[/center]

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[b]Union Strengths[/b]
[*]A railroad system that allowed for armies to be transported large distances.[/*]
[*]A larger population so subsequently a larger army then the Confederates.[/*]
[*]A large naval force. [/*]
[*]Industry to produce supplies needed for war.[/*]

[b]Confederate Strengths[/b]
[*]Fighting a defensive war.[/*]
[*]Fighting on familiar land.[/*]
[*]Experienced leaders.[/*]
[*]A fierce determination to defend there homeland.[/*]

[b]Union Weaknesses[/b]
[*]Fighting in unfamiliar land.[/*]
[*]Fighting on the offensive.[/*]

[b]Confederate Weaknesses[/b]
[*]Very insignificant naval force.[/*]
[*]Smaller numbers.[/*]
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[b]Application[/b]

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