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Fort Sumter - it was one of the last two Union-controlled fortifications in Confederate South Carolina soil at the beginning of the war, and Lincoln was determined to keep it in order to show he was sincere in preserving the Union, but if he defeated the invading Confederates militarily, he might be the aggressor to a war. He opted for the middle path, and chose to send a ship with provisions instead of arms.
P.G.T. Beauregard of the Confederates - on the order from his President Jefferson Davis.
Confederate artillery in Charleston, commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard. He was given the order by the newly-elected Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
The South seceded from the Union. In their view, this made Fort Sumter part of their territory, being held by Union forces. They demanded that the Union soldiers surrender the fort. Lincoln had to either order the men holding the fort off... or he had to send a re-supply ship to provide the men at the Fort with the means to stay. He ordered the Fort to be re-supplied. This was taking to position that the Union was still the owner of the territory. South Carolina took this to be a provocation because it denied their rights to their own territory. If they were no longer part of the Union, then the Union could not have forces on their land. They began shelling to make this point.
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Fort Sumter - it was one of the last two Union-controlled fortifications in Confederate South Carolina soil at the beginning of the war, and Lincoln was determined to keep it in order to show he was sincere in preserving the Union, but if he defeated the invading Confederates militarily, he might be the aggressor to a war. He opted for the middle path, and chose to send a ship with provisions instead of arms.
To trick the South Carolinians into battle and ultimately to justify invading the Southern States after the forced evacuation of Fort Sumter thus starting the Civil War. No one died at Fort Sumter but the North rallied around war.
The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861. The fort was forced to surrender on the 14th of April. This led President Lincoln to call for 75,000 volunteers to end the Southern rebellion. Upon that order, four more states joined the Confederacy, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee. The attack on Fort Sumter led directly to the US Civil War.
Provisions are goods or supplies that are made in order to live. Most often the word applies to food.Lewis and Clark took provisions with them on their expedition. Father made provisions to safeguard his children's future.
It was passed in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties.
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P.G.T. Beauregard
P.G.T. Beauregard of the Confederates - on the order from his President Jefferson Davis.