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The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American record, and had both sides realized it could take four years and inflict more than a million casualties, it could not have been fought. Since it performed, however, historians and record buffs as well have been learning and analyzing the biggest battles since. Americans have always been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battles, the authority of the generals, and the courage of the military. Because the war's start over 150 years ago, the battles have been put through endless debate among historians and the generals themselves. The secession of the South was one of the seminal events in American record, but it addittionally remains one of the most controversial. The election of Abraham Lincoln was the impetus for secession, but that was merely one of many events that led up to the formation of the Confederacy and the start of the Civil War. In less than two months, the majority of the Confederate state governments got seceded and created their own Confederacy, and the struggle lines had been drawn. The Confederacy's trust of being let go in peace finished at 4:30 a.m. on the morning of April 12, 1861, when Confederate Brigadier-General P.G.T. Beauregard bought the first photographs to be fired at the national garrison defending Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor, effectively igniting the Civil War. Today First Bull Run is remembered as the first important land struggle of the Civil War, but with over 350 wiped out on each area, it was the deadliest struggle in American record at this point, and both Confederacy and the Union were quickly dished up notice that the conflict would be much more costly than either area had believed.
