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According to an internet search, the Siege of New Madrid and Island No. 10 in Missouri came before the Battle of Shiloh.

The Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennesee came before the Siege of New Madrid.

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None. Sumter was the first action of the war.

Some have liked to describe the events of Bleeding Kansas, or John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry as the 'first shots of the war', but this is figurative writing.

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The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter in what state?

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