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.
It took 8 years to build Fort Sumter.
the First Battle of Bull Run
* * ====== Fort Sumter was reshaped Shells/Bullets were on the floor Dead People were on the floor
Fort Sumter. Also in the Upper Mississippi, there was Island Number Ten.
It was the opening battle of the US Civil War in which the South took the Fort.
Fort Sumter in SC.
April 12th 1861
The Battle for Fort Sumter took place 12 April 1861
They took control of Fort Sumter in South Carolina
It took 8 years to build Fort Sumter.
South Carolina
the First Battle of Bull Run
* * ====== Fort Sumter was reshaped Shells/Bullets were on the floor Dead People were on the floor
Off the coast of South Carolina.
Fort Sumter. Also in the Upper Mississippi, there was Island Number Ten.
No, they did not surrender. This was the first battle of the Civil War which took place in South Carolina in 1861.
April, 1861 the C.S.A. fired upon the Union troops stationed there, essentially starting the U.S. civil war.