The American civil war took place during the

it began when the confederates inudated the union at fort sumter sout carolina in 1861 on april 12

T he war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring, 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.