They attempted, but it was too late. SC had already fired on Ft. Sumpter.
No, Fort Sumter was a Union defeat, and not at all close.
Fort Sumter
The garrison of Fort Sumter was of 80 men.
confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
Fort Sumter was fired upon by multiple Charleston Harbor shore batteries and one floating battery, under the command of General PGT Beauregard, after South Carolina seceded from the Union. As to who won....that's complicated. The Union soldiers in Fort Sumter had no chance of winning, and an attempt to relieve the fort by sea failed. A deal was struck and the Union was permitted to withdraw, leaving Fort Sumter in Confederate hands. Yet, the Confederacy lost the war, and the attack on Fort Sumter provided the justification for all future military action which the Union would take, as the Confederacy had fired first.
The combined garrisons of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie was 86 men.
The Union forces at Fort Sumter were under the command of Major Robert Anderson.
Major Robert Anderson was the commanding officer of the Union soldiers during the Battle of Fort Sumter.
Robert Anderson was for the northern leader at the battle of fort Sumter
Major John Anderson headed the fort for the union.
The Union commander of Fort Sumter was Major Anderson. After a huge Rebel artillery bombardment, he surrendered the fort on April 13, 1861.
To provision the garrison but not reinforce it.