The Confederates under General G.P.T. Beauregard, laid first siege to Fort Sumter.
The Confederates under General G.P.T. Beauregard, laid first siege to fort Sumter.
ANSWER The Confederate forces laid first siege to Fort Sumter, starting the conflict.
During the American Civil War, the force that laid siege to Fort Sumter initially consisted of militia troops from the Southern state of South Carolina. For several months, Fort Sumter was left alone, if also watched carefully, by these militia -- until April of 1861, at which time the fort was besieged and then bombarded into surrender.
The siege of Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Bleeding Kansas and the Siege of Fort Sumter.
Lincoln's decision to break the siege forced the confederates to fire on the fort.
The soldiers at the Battle of Fort Sumter lived in dire straits. They were short of supplies and food. There were not enough men either. It was more like a siege.
The Siege of Charleston Harbor, or Fort Sumter.
April 12-13
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard who directed the siege of Fort Sumter.
South Carolina
Fort Sumter was a Federal establishment manned by men loyal to the North. The South laid seige to the fort and the Union forces surrendered. While hundreds of cannon rounds were fired in and out of the fort, there were few casualties.