Confederate artillery commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard. The assault was ordered personally by the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis.
Ft. Sumter was fired upon on April 12, 1861, for 40 hours straight.
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The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter signed the outbreak of the American Civil War-.
The Head of Confederate Forces was Beauregard.Major Robert Anderson was the commander of the US garrison at Fort Sumter.
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the first shots of the war was fired at Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter in April of 1861, refused to surrender to Confederate forces. As a result of this, Rebel artillery fired the first shots at the fort on April 12, 1861. The Confederate General PT Beauregard was commanded to begin the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina.
The first shot's credited to the start of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina were the Confederate military attacked the fort.Fort sumpter
Ft. Sumter was fired upon on April 12, 1861, for 40 hours straight.
Fort Sumter was a Federal establishment manned by men loyal to the North. The South laid seige to the fort and the Union forces surrendered. While hundreds of cannon rounds were fired in and out of the fort, there were few casualties.
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In April of 1861, which was followed by other southern states seceding and brought about the start of the war.
The shots at fort Sumter caused the feud that started the civil war
southern authorities fired on union forces there who were trying to take over Ft. Sumter. That was virtually the start of the war.