April, 1861 the C.S.A. fired upon the Union troops stationed there, essentially starting the U.S. civil war.
Fort Sumter in SC.
April 12th 1861
The Battle for Fort Sumter took place 12 April 1861
They took control of Fort Sumter in South Carolina
It took 8 years to build Fort Sumter.
South Carolina
the First Battle of Bull Run
* * ====== Fort Sumter was reshaped Shells/Bullets were on the floor Dead People were on the floor
Radical Confederates like Confederate President Jefferson Davis, wanted to show the South and the North that the Confederacy was real. Davis gave permission to have Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor to be bombarded and forcing it to surrender. With little choice, as the Fort Sumter commander was low on supplies, he surrendered the fort to the South.
Fort Sumter is located in the Charleston Harbor in South Carolina.
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Off the coast of South Carolina.