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Authoring, Researching, Reporting and other Work A Learning On-Line Activity by Howard Taylor Fort Sumter and Abraham Lincoln Decisions, T-Mails, Start of a War
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Batteries Open Fire
From the Library of
Congress,
Currier & Ives
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor,
April 12 and 13, 1861
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On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, SC, demanded the surrender of the U.S. garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Garrison commander Robert Anderson refused. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which was unable to reply effectively. At 2:30 p.m., April 13, Major Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter, evacuating the garrison on the following day. |
