It meant that the South had successfully asserted its sovereignty over the island, on the grounds that it was in South Carolina and therefore part of the Confederacy.
Meanwhile, the South could claim that it did not want a war, unless Lincoln chose to declare one. But Lincoln could not do this without recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. So he merely called for volunteer-troops to put down a rebellion of certain states.
In the April 1861 the battle of Fort Sumter led to the Union's surrender of the fort to Confederate forces.
Jefferson Davis was important in the battle at Fort Sumter. He sent officers to the fort to ask the union army to surrender the fort in April 1861. He was born in Kentucky and was elected president of the Confederacy. Bombed Fort Sumter.
(Pierre Beauregard)
Pierre beauregard
After the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. He requested that each of them serve for three months.
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
April 1861
The surrender of Fort Sumter
The firing at Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
April 14, 1861
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In the April 1861 the battle of Fort Sumter led to the Union's surrender of the fort to Confederate forces.
Fort Sumter was a United States fort which happened to be in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, waters claimed by the Confederacy. After its surrender it became Confederate.
he made a army to fight fort sumert
Jefferson Davis was important in the battle at Fort Sumter. He sent officers to the fort to ask the union army to surrender the fort in April 1861. He was born in Kentucky and was elected president of the Confederacy. Bombed Fort Sumter.
(Pierre Beauregard)