After the attack, Lincoln called for volunteer-troops, which was taken as a declaration of war.
In response, four states of the Upper South, which had been undecided, threw in their lot wth the Confederates. They were Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.
The attack on Ft. Sumter
The Confederate attack on Ft Sumter
The first shots fired were April 12, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, Charleston Harbor. SC.
Prior to the attack on Ft. Sumter in 1861, many northerners were willing to allow the Southern states to secede. At that point, factions from both the north and south demanded military action and Lincoln called 75,000 volunteers into action.
For US and FULL CSA after ft Sumter. South Carolina way before Dec 1860 and other first confederate states feb 1861.
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April 12th 1861.
April 1861
Ft. Sumter was fired upon on April 12, 1861, for 40 hours straight.
On 12 and 13 April 1861.
The Attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861 Began the American Civil War. Confederate Brigadier Gen. Beauregard demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC.
1861 - the bombardment of Ft. Sumter
Confederate forces firing on Ft. Sumter in 1861.
The attack on Ft. Sumter
Ft. Sumter , Charleston, SC, April 12, 1861
April 12, 1861 .. Location - Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC.
Ft. Sumter in Charleston Harbor.