To assert their sovereignty over South Carolina.
The Battle of Fort Sumter ws April 12-13 1861
It was an American attack on a confederate military base.
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confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
In the April 1861 the battle of Fort Sumter led to the Union's surrender of the fort to Confederate forces.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter ws April 12-13 1861
The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861, starting the Civil War.
The Confederate Secretary of State was Robert Toombs. He was a native of Georgia and a man with common sense. He pleaded with President Jefferson Davis to not attack Fort Sumter. He warned Davis and the Confederate cabinet that an attack on the fort at this time was "suicide". His exact words also were that " ( the attack ) was wrong and unnecessary... it was wrong and it was fatal". Davis' cabinet confirmed his orders to assault on Fort Sumter. The rest is history.
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It was an American attack on a confederate military base.
To assert Confederate sovereignty over South Carolina.
At dawn April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter came under bombardment from the Confederate cannon.
Jefferson Davis did not personally attack Fort Sumter; the attack was carried out by Confederate forces under his command. The bombardment of Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861, marking the start of the American Civil War. Davis, as the President of the Confederate States, authorized the assault on the Union-held fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort surrendered on April 13, 1861, after enduring a 34-hour bombardment.
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