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Why do you think the author mentioned the fact that the

federal commander at Fort Sumter, Major Robert Anderson

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Answer:

Former slaveowner.

Step-by-step explanation:

To foreshadow the division that would erupt within the North over the issue of slavery and the Civil War. To demonstrate the fact that not everyone who supported slavery supported the Confederacy.

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