Lincoln's appeal for 75,000 volunteer troops after the Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter.
Fort Sumter, a tiny island-garrison of the US Army in Charleston Harbour. The shots were fired by Confederate artillery under P.G.T. Beauregard, on orders from his President Jefferson Davis.
The US Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, which was located on an island in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
Fort Sumter
Confederates fired on Ft. Sumter.
Because they wanted to assert Confederate control over the fort, as it was part of South Carolina.
General PGT Beuregard of New Orleans, Loiuisiana was in command of the batteries that fired on Fort Sumter.
Confederate Guerillas
The first shot's credited to the start of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina were the Confederate military attacked the fort.Fort sumpter
The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter signed the outbreak of the American Civil War-.
Confederate shore batteries fired on Fort Sumter and caused it surrender. Prior to this the US ship "Star of the West" had attempted to re-supply the fort, but had been fired on and caused it to retreat. After this Lincoln said he would resupply the fort and the South opened fire a month later.
Fort Sumter in April of 1861, refused to surrender to Confederate forces. As a result of this, Rebel artillery fired the first shots at the fort on April 12, 1861. The Confederate General PT Beauregard was commanded to begin the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Confederate artillery fired on the island-garrison from The Battery, Charleston.
Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina.
April 12, 1861, Ft. Sumter was fired upon by Confederate forces.
The Civil War. The Confederate fired on Union Fort Sumter.
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