1861
Confederates.
confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
they didnt have any, the south kept of firing at the fort, and the troops (northerner) at the fort were low on supplies. They had to surrender
Fort Sumter was a fort back when Lincoln was president.
The firing at Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
1861
By firing on the island garrison of Fort Sumter - officially 'federal property', but to the Confederates, part of South Carolina.
Fort Sumter
Confederates.
confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
It occurred on April 1861.
The firing on Fort Sumter
they didnt have any, the south kept of firing at the fort, and the troops (northerner) at the fort were low on supplies. They had to surrender
The firing on fort sumter led to the battle of bunker hill.
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas.
Firing the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, South Carolina at the beginning of the American Civil War