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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.

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