Because it was only a tiny island-garrison.
It was the opening battle of the US Civil War in which the South took the Fort.
the south
Fort Sumter is in Charleston South Carolina.
For the Confederates General P.G.T. Beauregard For the Union - Major Robert Anderson, who commanded Fort Sumter.
There actually never was an actual battle at Ft. Sumter. After the secession of the confederate states, most of the forts in the South had relinquished their power to the Confederacy, but Fort Sumter was among the two that didn't. And since its supplies were running out against a besieging South Carolinian army, Lincoln had a problem of how to deal with the situation. * Lincoln wisely chose to send supplies to the fort, and he told the South Carolinian governor that the ship to the fort only held provisions, not reinforcements. * However, to the South, provisions were reinforcements, and on April 12, 1861, cannons were fired onto the fort; after 34 hours of non-lethal firing, the fort surrendered.
It was the opening battle of the US Civil War in which the South took the Fort.
The Battle at Ft. Sumter.
yes
April 1861
Charleston, South Carolina
the south
In the harbor of Charleston South Carolina.
On 12 and 13 April 1861.
Ft. Sumter
Ft. Sumter, SC
Fort Sumter is in Charleston South Carolina.
For the Confederates General P.G.T. Beauregard For the Union - Major Robert Anderson, who commanded Fort Sumter.