By firing on the island garrison of Fort Sumter - officially 'federal property', but to the Confederates, part of South Carolina.
Fort Sumter is located in South Carolina .
The USA - soon to be known as 'The Union' for the duration of the war - which did not recognise the newly-formed Confederate States of America.The CSA wanted to assert its sovereignty over the island fortress, as it was in Charleston Harbour, and therefore part of South Carolina, a Confederate state. Their action in firing on Sumter is taken as the start of the war.South Carolina declared its secession from the United States on December 20, 1860. At this time, Fort Sumter was a Union fort in the Charleston harbor.
The event was Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina getting fired upon by the Union troops.
the Confederacy
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas.
confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
The firing at Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
People there were Generals Grant and Lee, the Confederate and Union soldiers at that time.
No, Fort Sumter was a Union defeat, and not at all close.
The Union surrendered Fort Sumter 2:00 PM. April,13,1861. Major Robert Anderson, United States Army surrendered the fort.
By firing on the island garrison of Fort Sumter - officially 'federal property', but to the Confederates, part of South Carolina.
Fort Sumter
1861
These were the opening shots of the war - Confederate artillery firing on the small island garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina (the state that had started the conflict). The Union garrison abandoned the fort and escaped. Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer troops for the Union armies. And four more states retaliated by joining the Confederacy.
Fort Sumter
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