The Federal Fort Sumter was located in the Charleston Harbor of the State of South Carolina.
Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861.
The state voted to join the Confederacy.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter occurred near Charleston, South Carolina.
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Before the attack, Fort Sumter was approximately 50 feet tall. After the Civil War attack, it had lost 20 feet of its height.
The Battle of Fort Sumter ws April 12-13 1861
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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