The Confederates.
the Confederacy
12 April 1861
The Union and the Confederacy. Union commander Major Robin Anderson eventually surrendered.
No, Fort Sumter was a Union defeat, and not at all close.
Fort Sumter
Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861.
In the Northern States, the South's attack and capture of Fort Sumter, galvanized support to take arms against the South. Previously many Northerners saw no need for a war with the South. The attack on Fort Sumter changed this and the North wanted to engage in a war to keep the Union intact.
1861
1861
NO
Four of them did - Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina
The garrison of Fort Sumter was of 80 men.