Split History of the Battle of Fort Sumter

Split History of the Battle of Fort Sumter — page 3
flag of the United States South Carolina and six other southern states were no longer a part of the United States and did not pledge their allegiance to its flag They had formed their own nation the Confederate States of America Once just another federal fort Fort Sumter was now enemy territory This ill will between the northern states which represented the Union and the southern Confederate states began long before that fateful month of April 1861 It was a conflict that had been brewing since the U S Constitution had been adopted in 1788 The Constitution called for a balance of power between the federal government and the governments of the individual states But this balance was threatened by the issue of slavery