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.
The Confederates commandeered the fort and fought there
The Confederates commandeered the fort and fought there
Fort Sumter
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.
The battle that was fought after Fort Sumter was Manassas Junction.
Fort Sumter
Fort sumter
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The Confederates attacked the Union fort on April 12, 1861.
Fort Sumter was forced to surrender on April 13, 1861. At that time the Confederacy was led by provisional President Jefferson Davis.