The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
The battle that was fought after Fort Sumter was Manassas Junction.
Fort sumter
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first of the American Civil War. It was fought in South Carolina, where it lies before Charleston Harbor.
President Lincoln sent supplies to Fort Sumter and the South wanted to stop the supplies from reaching the Fort, which they did. Fort Sumter fought back and ended up losing the supplies and the battle.
It was fought on April 12-14, 1861. Battle lasted for 3 days.
April 12th 1861 - if you call it a battle. But it had great significance as the war's first action.
The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
Bull Run Creek
The Confederates attacked the Union fort on April 12, 1861.
The bombardment and siege of Fort Sumter fought on Apr. 12-13, 1861
The first Battle of Manassas or First Bull Run was the first large scale major action of the US Civil War. The first land battle however was the Battle of Philippi in what was then still Virginia. It was fought June 23, 1861. A naval bombardment of Confederate land artillery batteries by US Navy gunboats took place at Sewells Point, Virginia, May 18-19, 1861 making it the first battle of the war after Sumter.