It was fought on April 12-14, 1861. Battle lasted for 3 days.
The Battle at Ft. Sumter.
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April 1861
On 12 and 13 April 1861.
Ft. Sumter
It was the opening battle of the US Civil War in which the South took the Fort.
For the Confederates General P.G.T. Beauregard For the Union - Major Robert Anderson, who commanded Fort Sumter.
About 16,745
Confederate artillery firing from Charleston across the harbour.
Because it was only a tiny island-garrison.
They destroyed Ft. Sumter and it was turned over to them.
It was the first time actual gunfire was exchanged. As such, it was the first battle of the Civil War.