Because it was in Charleston Harbour, and they wanted to assert that the whole of South Carolina was Confederate territory.
Fort Sumpter, South Carolina.
The name is Fort Sumpter but I don't know if it was on a mountain or whatever.
during the border states conflict after fort sumpter
The first shots were fired at Fort Sumpter. It was a Union fort designed to protect the harbor in Charleston SC. The Union surrendered the fortifications and left them to the Confederates.
The first land battle of the Civil War took place at the First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas) near Manassas Junction, Virginia on July 21, 1861.This followed the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumpter (Charleston, South Carolina) on April 12, 1861, along with the capture of other Union forts on the Atlantic coast of the South.
Fort Sumpter was in South Carolina.. I THINK
1860
Fort Sumpter, Charleston, South Carolina
Fort Sumpter, South Carolina.
The name is Fort Sumpter but I don't know if it was on a mountain or whatever.
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The Point of the civil war of the south's surrender is Appomattox, and Fort Sumpter was the first battle
It was on April 12, 1861 on a Friday morning when shots were fired on Fort Sumpter in Charleston, South Carolina.
Ft. Sumpter was a Federal installation in a newly-Confederate State (South Carolina).
according to status and history the south fired the first shot on fort sumpter
1861
the civil war started when the south attacked fort sumpter