The flag at Fort Sumter was lowered by Major Robert Anderson when he surrendered the fort. This was in April of 1861.
Gravity
The confederacy of the southern states wanted Fort Sumter to have a foot hold on the harbors. The confederacy held possession of Fort Sumter until February 1865, when the North came in and raised the Northern states flag and regained control of Fort Sumter.
Second Battle of Fort Sumter happened on 1863-09-07.
It occurred on April 1861.
the confederates won
It was returned to the fort at the end of the war in 1865, and is on display at the National Park Service monument at the fort.
Fort Sumter is located in Charleston harbor in South Carolina. in 1861 South Carolina joined the Confederate States of America,and in so doing her star was now one of seven that was now repersented by the flag of their new nation,officaly known as the First National Confederate flag, its true nick name is the Stars and Bars. This flag is not ''the'' Fort Sumter flag. the use of the ''Stars and Bars'' at Fort Sumter simply shows that Ft. Sumter at that time after april 12 1861 was now under the joint control of the state of South Carolina and the Confederate government then sitting at Montgomery, Alabama.
Fort Sumter was a United States fort which happened to be in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, waters claimed by the Confederacy. After its surrender it became Confederate.
Ufa save the battle
The first battle of the civil war happened at fort Sumter on April 12 1861
They were evacuated by boat.
Yes. The US flag was knocked down by the bombardment and the Confederates assumed the fort had struck its colors, so they sent a party by rowboat to accept Fort Sumter's surrender. Instead, an agreement was reached whereby the Union troops were allowed to withdraw, leaving Fort Sumter in Confederate hands.