According to the North, it was a Union army garrison that must be defended against treacherous rebels.
According to the South, it was a part of South Carolina that must be occupied by the Confederate States Army.
This caused the first shots of the Civil War.
David Farragut was stationed at Fort Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War. He began his US Naval career at the age of 9 as a midshipman.
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was fought in April of 1861. It was a Confederate victory, and it led to the beginning of the American Civil War.
The first battle of the civil war happened at fort Sumter on April 12 1861
The first shot's credited to the start of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina were the Confederate military attacked the fort.Fort sumpter
The firing at Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
Fort Sumter is in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is the original location of the beginning of The American Civil War.
Fort Sumter is in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is the original location of the beginning of The American Civil War.
David Farragut was stationed at Fort Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War. He began his US Naval career at the age of 9 as a midshipman.
It was the beginning of the Civil War
Major Robert Anderson
1861
Fort Sumter
It was the beginning of the Civil War.
The north was probably control of it in the beginning, because why would the south attack their own fort?
U.S. Major Robert Anderson moved his small command to the fortress of Fort Sumter for safety. He had previously been stationed at Fort Moultrie which was indefensible.
The first shots were fired at Fort Sumpter. It was a Union fort designed to protect the harbor in Charleston SC. The Union surrendered the fortifications and left them to the Confederates.