Major Robert Anderson
Ft. Sumter was fired upon on April 12, 1861, for 40 hours straight.
1861
Fort Sumter
One horse died.
April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter is located in Charleston, South Carolina. It was attacked on April 12, 1861 when Colonel James Chesnutt gave the orders for it to be fired upon.
Fort Sumter was fired upon by multiple Charleston Harbor shore batteries and one floating battery, under the command of General PGT Beauregard, after South Carolina seceded from the Union. As to who won....that's complicated. The Union soldiers in Fort Sumter had no chance of winning, and an attempt to relieve the fort by sea failed. A deal was struck and the Union was permitted to withdraw, leaving Fort Sumter in Confederate hands. Yet, the Confederacy lost the war, and the attack on Fort Sumter provided the justification for all future military action which the Union would take, as the Confederacy had fired first.
No one died in the Battle of Fort Sumter. It was harmless. The south fired upon the fort for over 33 hours. Unluckily, no one got wounded or died.
Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina on 12 April 1861
The event was Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina getting fired upon by the Union troops.
April, 1861 the C.S.A. fired upon the Union troops stationed there, essentially starting the U.S. civil war.
Henry S. Farley, a Lieutenant, fired the first shot at Fort Sumter. The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the American Civil War.