No, they did not surrender. This was the first battle of the Civil War which took place in South Carolina in 1861.
Apart from the Fort Sumter bombardment and a few skirmishes in Western Virginia, the first battle proper was First Bull Run (Manassas), July 1861, won by the Confederates. But neither army had been anywhere near ready for combat - which was the chief lesson of the battle.
The first Battle of Manassas or First Bull Run was the first large scale major action of the US Civil War. The first land battle however was the Battle of Philippi in what was then still Virginia. It was fought June 23, 1861. A naval bombardment of Confederate land artillery batteries by US Navy gunboats took place at Sewells Point, Virginia, May 18-19, 1861 making it the first battle of the war after Sumter.
The first battle of the Civil War took place at Charleston - South Carolina, on April 12, 1861.
The first battle of the war was the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. The city is also the place where the state adopted its ordinance of secession on December 20, 1860 making it the first state to leave the Union.
No, they did not surrender. This was the first battle of the Civil War which took place in South Carolina in 1861.
Apart from the Fort Sumter bombardment and a few skirmishes in Western Virginia, the first battle proper was First Bull Run (Manassas), July 1861, won by the Confederates. But neither army had been anywhere near ready for combat - which was the chief lesson of the battle.
The first battle of the Civil War was the bombardment of Fort Sumter in the Charleston Roads, fought on April 12,1861.
Fort Sumter
fort Sumter
The first naval battle of the Civil War happened on April 13, 1861. This naval battle took place at Fort Sumter.
the First Battle of Bull Run
Off the coast of South Carolina.
The first Battle of Manassas or First Bull Run was the first large scale major action of the US Civil War. The first land battle however was the Battle of Philippi in what was then still Virginia. It was fought June 23, 1861. A naval bombardment of Confederate land artillery batteries by US Navy gunboats took place at Sewells Point, Virginia, May 18-19, 1861 making it the first battle of the war after Sumter.
First shots exchanged between the Confederates and the Union.
Fort Sumter in SC.
At the immediate beginning of the Civil War in April of 1861, Southern troops occupied Charleston Harbor's Fort Sumter, which had been bombarded into submission. Soon after, more states seceded from the Union, troops were raised and trained by both sides, skirmishes took place between small contingents of civilians and troops, and then, on July 21st of 1861, the war's first large-scale battle took place, the First Battle of Bull Run (or, First Manassas).