You'd have to be one, or ask one.
Radical Confederate leaders, especially the ones in South Carolina, believed that having Fort Sumter, in the Charleston harbor would signal to US President Lincoln, that they were sincere about leaving the Union. By engaging in the bombardment of Federal forts, especially Sumter, this would increase Confederate morale and bring other slave states like Virginia into the Confederacy.
slavery was the most basic differences between the north and south and they did not like the fact that people wanted slavery and some people didn't. another difference was everyone wanted to have all the forts so the decided to battle and see who should win Fort Sumter and when the battle was over the North won Fort Sumter even though Fort Sumter battle and Fort Sumter is in the south.
There was no Fort Sumter for the Vietnam War; the war started like a cancer...it grew.
The Fort was named for Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), who also served as a US Representative (1789-93, 1797-1801), Senator (1801-10), and minister to Brazil (1810-11).Sumter served with the British forces of Edward Braddock (1755) and John Forbes (1758) in their expeditions against Fort Duquesne in the French and Indian War, and later he fought against the Cherokee. He settled (1765) in South Carolina. Like Francis Marion, he formed a guerrilla band in the Revolution and harassed the British in the Carolinas. He and the British leader, Banastre Tarleton, struck at each other through 1780. The "gamecock of the Revolution," as Sumter was called, was successful at Hanging Rock, barely escaped with his life at Fishing Creek, was repulsed in a raid on the British post at Rocky Mount, but won again at Blackstock.
The South started to realize that they were losing political power and when South Carolina seceded they took all of the federal land with them, including Fort Sumter. This angered Northern political figures and they demanded it back. The South felt that they were being pushed around, and the North felt like the South was stealing their country's land from them.
Radical Confederate leaders, especially the ones in South Carolina, believed that having Fort Sumter, in the Charleston harbor would signal to US President Lincoln, that they were sincere about leaving the Union. By engaging in the bombardment of Federal forts, especially Sumter, this would increase Confederate morale and bring other slave states like Virginia into the Confederacy.
Radical Confederates like Confederate President Jefferson Davis, wanted to show the South and the North that the Confederacy was real. Davis gave permission to have Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor to be bombarded and forcing it to surrender. With little choice, as the Fort Sumter commander was low on supplies, he surrendered the fort to the South.
Ft. Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War. The Confederate troops began firing on the fort in Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861 and by noon of the 13th the fort was in Confederate hands. An interesting side note to this is that the man who commanded the firing on the fort was the military instructor of the man who commanded the union fort. There are many connections like this through out the civil war.That is somewhat helpful, but not enough for my SC History class homework. Sorry, but I need stuff like what year it was built, what happened to it exaclty, etc. If anyone could PLEASEtry to improve this with that info PLZ and thx so much!!
It was an attractive prize - a US Army garrison in Charleston harbour. Its capture was symbolic of Confederate aggression, and it made a good news story.
April 12,1861:Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter on that day.This thing started the Civil War.
The soldiers at the Battle of Fort Sumter lived in dire straits. They were short of supplies and food. There were not enough men either. It was more like a siege.
Fort Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, is historically significant for being the site of the first shots fired in the American Civil War on April 12, 1861. Its capture by Confederate forces marked the beginning of open conflict between the North and South. The event rallied support for the Confederacy and galvanized the Union, leading to the mobilization of troops and the escalation of hostilities. Ultimately, Fort Sumter symbolizes the deep divisions in the United States over issues like slavery and states' rights.
Because the CSA attacked USA like Lincoln planned he wanted them to start the war. In South Carolina case it wasnt they were since Dec 1860 and first confederate states feb 1861
Because he was pleading for the union
Sounds more like Fort Sumter - the engagement that sparked-off the war. Never heard of any rations-crisis at Fort Henry.
slavery was the most basic differences between the north and south and they did not like the fact that people wanted slavery and some people didn't. another difference was everyone wanted to have all the forts so the decided to battle and see who should win Fort Sumter and when the battle was over the North won Fort Sumter even though Fort Sumter battle and Fort Sumter is in the south.
The firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, marked the beginning of the American Civil War. It signified the culmination of tensions between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that had seceded from the Union, primarily over issues like slavery and states' rights. The attack by Confederate forces on the federal fort in Charleston, South Carolina, represented a decisive break from the Union and set the stage for a conflict that would reshape the nation. This event galvanized both sides, leading to widespread enlistment and the mobilization of resources for war.