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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.
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.
Fort Sumter was a Confederate victory. The Union held the fort for 34 straight hours while being fired at with cannons before surrendering. The Union general was Major Robert Anderson and the Confederate general was P.G.T. Beauregard.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the first seven states to leave the Union before Fort Sumter was bombarded.
Robert Anderson was for the northern leader at the battle of fort Sumter
Sumter was a tiny Union enclave in the harbour of a Confederate city within a Confederate state.
Major John Anderson headed the fort for the union.