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What year the civil war began is a question found on many TV trivia game shows. The civil war actually began in 1861 at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. So on April 12, 1861 at approximately 4:30 A.M., the first shot of the civil war was fired. Look here for more information: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sumter.
