The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War.
By February 1861, six more states had joined the new Confederate States of America.
Beginning at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, the Confederates bombarded the fort from artillery
Fort Sumter as soon as he was certain that President Lincoln's resupply order was genuine.
assault against Pickens that led Confederate officials in Montgomery to shift their attention to Fort Sumter.
Scott ordered General Irvin McDowell to advance on Confederate troops ...
The Confederates demanded immediate evacuation of the fort.
General Beauregard did not open fire upon Fort Sumter until this fleet was, to his
The fall of Fort Sumter brought the secession crisis to the breaking point.
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces in South Carolina shelled a Union base that President Abraham