[DiogenesLamp]

The first shots in the United States Civil War were fired by the South during an attack on Fort Sumter a century and a half ago on April 12, 1861,

Union fired first shots at Fort Pickens January 8, 1861.

[DoodleDawg]

Union fired first shots at Fort Pickens January 8, 1861.

Flordia seceded on January 10. How could those be the first shots of the war if Florida was still a state in the Union at the time?

[DoodleDawg]

You know what? Never mind. I withdraw my question.