U.S. CIVIL WAR STARTED THIS DAY IN 1861

Americans today mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the US Civil War, a bloody conflict that historians say still deeply influences the United States.

“The Civil War is one of the most significant events in American history in terms of the way the American nation was defined,” said William Link, a historian at the University of Florida.

Six hundred thousand to one million people were killed in the deadliest war in US history when North and South battled over states rights and slavery. Fighting began April 12, 1861, with an attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

Today in
U.S. Civil War History
1861 - In Charleston, South Carolina, the American Civil War began. At 4:30 AM Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard began firing 50 cannons and 4,000 shells upon Fort Sumter. (April 12-14)

1864 - Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops overwhelmed Fort Pillow and 580 Union troops on the Mississippi River. It was believed by many that the Union defenders were trying to surrender and were needlessly massacred.

1865 - Mobile, Alabama surrendered to Union troops. Mobile was the last major Confederate port city.

A SECOND U.S. CIVIL WAR STARTING?

Governor "Moonbeam" Brown is correct.

The only thing between us and a full blown regime crisis is an alternative to USG.

The Constitution has been overthrown. The revolution is betrayed.

And, for the GOP and the Democrats, the attitude is, "So? There's not a damn thing you can do about it".

That is, for the present, unfortunately true. But nature abhors a vacuum.

Power is lying on the ground, waiting for someone to pick it up.

Sooner or later, someone will.