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The Confederate Secretary of State was Robert Toombs. He was a native of Georgia and a man with common sense. He pleaded with President Jefferson Davis to not attack Fort Sumter. He warned Davis and the Confederate cabinet that an attack on the fort at this time was "suicide". His exact words also were that " ( the attack ) was wrong and unnecessary... it was wrong and it was fatal". Davis' cabinet confirmed his orders to assault on Fort Sumter. The rest is history.
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What confederate orderd the attack of ft Sumter?
Beauregard (on the orders of his President, Jefferson Davis.)
What was the name of the confederate general who was in charge of fring on fort Sumter?
P.G.T. Beauregard - on the orders of the new Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Who did the attack on fort Sumter?
Confederate artillery in Charleston, commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard. He was given the order by the newly-elected Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
What side was Jefferson Davis fighting on?
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. He called attack on North @ Fort Sumter. He was not able to keep confederate states together for very long.He was on the Confederate's side.
Who Bombardmented fort Sumter?
Confederate artilery under General P.G.T. Beauregard, on the direct orders of President Jefferson Davis.
Who fired the first shots in the April 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter?
Fort Sumter in April of 1861, refused to surrender to Confederate forces. As a result of this, Rebel artillery fired the first shots at the fort on April 12, 1861. The Confederate General PT Beauregard was commanded to begin the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Who was the commander for the Confederate Army during the attack on FT Sumter?
General P.G.T. Beauregard, acting on orders from his President, Jefferson Davis.
Who was the Confederate general that forced the surrender of Fort Sumter in 1861?
Major General PT Beauregard was in charge of Confederate forces in Charleston, South Carolina. With the approval of provisional President Jefferson Davis, Beauregard ordered artillery to fire cannons on Fort Sumter.
What advantages did Confederate forces have over the defenders of Fort Sumter?
Sumter was a tiny Union enclave in the harbour of a Confederate city within a Confederate state.
What fateful choice did confederate president Jefferson Davis and his adviisers make on April 12 1861?
To fire on the US Army garrison at Fort Sumter.
Why Jefferson Davis choose to attack fort Sumter after Abraham Lincoln refused to reinforce it?
He was trying to demonstrate that the whole of South Carolina was Confederate territory.
Was Fort Sumter a part of the union or confederate soldiers?
Confederate.
