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A response to the Confederate attack on Ft. Sumter April 12, 1861. The troops were sought to suppress what the North regarded as a rebellion and to counter an earlier Confederate call for 100,000 volunteers to enforce secession. Seven states had already seceeded from the Union prior to Lincoln's inauguration. Four more left after the President asked for the volunteers on April 14, 1861, in part because they thought it probable that Federal troops would enter their states. The question as to who started the war hinges on whether states which had voluntarily joined (and formed) the Union had a right to seceed from it, or not. The South said, "yes," the North said "no." If "yes," holding and resupplying Ft. Sumter, in the territory of the Confederate state of South Carolina, was the cause. If "no" it was the Confederate attack. The War settled the issue.
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Why was Lincoln reluctant to defend Fort Sumter Why did he eventually respond to the situation by asking for Union troops?
He wasn't reluctant to defend Sumter, but the attack was a surprise and began the war so he needed troops.
Why did they fight at Fort Sumter?
The north set up a military garrison at Ft. Sumter, SC, and southern forces had to defend its property.
Who did President Jefferson Davis send to Charleston to seize Fort Sumter and defend the harbor?
P.G.T. Beauregard
Who started the us civil war?
The US Civil War was started by attack on Federal Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor in South Carolina. Sumter had to surrender & President Lincoln took his first steps to aid Fort Sumter & to prepare to defend Federal forts and other Federal property located in the "South".
What role did attack on fort sumter play in the outbreak of war?
It was a challenge to Lincoln's claim that the Union would defend its tiny garrison in Charleston Harbour. When the garrison was evacuated, Lincoln had to make a robust response, and he appealed for 75,000 volunteers for the Union Army. Four states of the Upper South, whose loyalties had been undecided, now declared for the Confederacy, and the two sides in the struggle were fully lined-up against each other. The war was on.
What did lincolns call for volunteers to defend fort Sumter lead to what?
The succession of the Upper South states
Why was Lincoln reluctant to defend Fort Sumter Why did he eventually respond to the situation by asking for Union troops?
He wasn't reluctant to defend Sumter, but the attack was a surprise and began the war so he needed troops.
Why did they fight at Fort Sumter?
The north set up a military garrison at Ft. Sumter, SC, and southern forces had to defend its property.
Who did President Jefferson Davis send to Charleston to seize Fort Sumter and defend the harbor?
P.G.T. Beauregard
Who was the union general for the battle of fort Sumter?
The commander of the garrison was not a General - only a Major. His General-in-Chief in Washington was Winfield Scott, though the decision to defend Fort Sumter was made by Lincoln.
Who started the us civil war?
The US Civil War was started by attack on Federal Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor in South Carolina. Sumter had to surrender & President Lincoln took his first steps to aid Fort Sumter & to prepare to defend Federal forts and other Federal property located in the "South".
What role did attack on fort sumter play in the outbreak of war?
It was a challenge to Lincoln's claim that the Union would defend its tiny garrison in Charleston Harbour. When the garrison was evacuated, Lincoln had to make a robust response, and he appealed for 75,000 volunteers for the Union Army. Four states of the Upper South, whose loyalties had been undecided, now declared for the Confederacy, and the two sides in the struggle were fully lined-up against each other. The war was on.
What events let to the firing of guns on Fort Sumter?
Lincoln declaring that he would defend all Union-held garrisons. It was effectively a declaration of war.
Who sent soldiers to help defend refugio?
Colonel James Fannin sent soldiers to defend Refugio, Texas. He sent Colonel William Ward and 112 of his soldiers to aid Amon Butler King and his volunteers in the battle.
Why did they start the battle at fort Sumter?
The Confederates had declared that the island of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbour was Southern territory. Lincoln countered that it was a US Army garrison, and that he would defend it and keep it supplied. Confederate artillery fired on the fort - the opening shots of the war.
What was Lincoln's response to the Sumter crisis?
Lincoln ignored requests for the troops to be removed and he kept funding their posistion which provoked South Carolina to defend their state and shoot at the fort.
Why did the US flag still fly over fort sunter after South Carolina seceded in 1860?
Because Lincoln did not recognise the Confederacy, and declared that he would defend his small garrison at Fort Sumter.
