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He wasn't reluctant to defend Sumter, but the attack was a surprise and began the war so he needed troops.
The Battle of Fort Sumter ws April 12-13 1861
To assert their sovereignty over South Carolina.
It was an American attack on a confederate military base.
Beauregard (on the orders of his President, Jefferson Davis.)
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He was trying to demonstrate that the whole of South Carolina was Confederate territory.
He wasn't reluctant to defend Sumter, but the attack was a surprise and began the war so he needed troops.
To assert Confederate sovereignty over Charleston Harbour as part of South Carolina.
The Confederate attack on Ft Sumter
The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861. The fort was forced to surrender on the 14th of April. This led President Lincoln to call for 75,000 volunteers to end the Southern rebellion. Upon that order, four more states joined the Confederacy, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee. The attack on Fort Sumter led directly to the US Civil War.
The Battle of Fort Sumter ws April 12-13 1861
Lincoln decided to send supplies to Charleston in the first week of April. When the federal relief expedition arrived at Fort Sumter on April 12, Confederate forces opened fire, and the undermanned and unprepared federal troops were forced to surrender the next day.
To assert their sovereignty over South Carolina.
It was an American attack on a confederate military base.