At dawn April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter came under bombardment from the Confederate cannon.
They would not surrender their fort
The American Civil War began with an attack on Fort Sumter, SC.
Fort McHenry
1861
1861
NO
siege
Before the attack, Fort Sumter was approximately 50 feet tall. After the Civil War attack, it had lost 20 feet of its height.
The french attacked fort necessity because they wanted to claim the fort for France.
Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861.
Because the fort did something bad
1861