no it was originally called fort Henry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Major John Anderson headed the fort for the union.
Fort Union National Monument was created in 1956.
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No, Fort Sumter was a Union defeat, and not at all close.
In the course of the Union capture of Confederate Fort Donelson, the Union casualties came to 2,300 soldiers.
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Fort Fisher was the Confederate's last major seaport fortress. Two expeditions by Union finally forced the fort to surrender. By capturing this fort, the Union basically closed off North Carolina to Confederate shipping.
Fort Sumpter
fort where black Union soldiers were massacred after surrendering
confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.