As a sign that they did not recognise the Confederacy.
The Union forces at Fort Sumter were under the command of Major Robert Anderson.
Major Robert Anderson
Major John Anderson headed the fort for the union.
Major Robert Anderson
Sumter was a tiny Union enclave in the harbour of a Confederate city within a Confederate state.
The Union forces at Fort Sumter were under the command of Major Robert Anderson.
Major Robert Anderson
Major John Anderson headed the fort for the union.
Major Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson was for the northern leader at the battle of fort Sumter
Robert Anderson was the commander at Ft. Sumter .
Sumter was a tiny Union enclave in the harbour of a Confederate city within a Confederate state.
In the April 1861 the battle of Fort Sumter led to the Union's surrender of the fort to Confederate forces.
Southern forces commanded by Pierre Beauregard bombarded the US Fort Sumter from April 12 through April 14, 1861.
It was a small US Army garrison on an island in Charleston Harbour. When South Carolina seceded, this garrison was highly vulnerable to Confederate attack, and Lincoln declared that he would assert Union authority over it. But the Confederate artillery fired on it - the first shots of the war - and it was soon evacuated.
Since the commander of Fort Sumter surrendered to Confederate forces, it was a victory for the Confederacy. There was no chance to prevent Fort Sumter to remain in Union hands when it was running out of supplies and no reinforcements were able to reach the fort.
Robert Anderson was the commanding officer for the Union during the Battle of Fort Sumter, and P. G. T. Beauregard was the Confederate commander. The battle resulted in a victory for the Confederacy.