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The Battle of Fort Sumter
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*Fort Sumter was located near Charleston, South Carolina.
The fort soon ran out of supplies, so Major Robert Anderson(the commander) informed President Abraham Lincoln that he needed more soldiers and supplies.
P.G.T. Beauregard surrounded the harbor
with cannons, and intended to stop any federal reinforcements form reaching the fort.
After Lincoln recieved the letter, he sent supplies
to the fort, but decided against sending soldiers.
Southerners viewed President Lincoln's orders as an act of war.
After the Confederacy learned of the actions, P.G.T. Beauregard bombarded the fort on April 12.
On the second day, a man carrying a white flag told Major Anderson to quit the fighting. Anderson agreed (reluctantly).
There were 34 days of bombardment, and 0 casualties.
Fort Sumter had surrendered.
After the white flag, the Confederates hoisted their flag to the fort, and shot their guns in a triumphant salute.
This meant the start of The Civil War.
A little background information on Fort Sumter:
- Major Anderson had urged the government to strengthen the military works of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina.
- He decided to take place as leader of the fort.
- The first people Anderson sent to Sumter were women and children, to be safe inside of its granite walls. (They left Fort Moultrie to go to Sumter.)
- Anderson refused to give up Sumter, so Governor Pickens of South Carolina treated him as a public enemy.
This is how all of the problems with the Confederacy took place.
QUESTIONS
1. Who was the general in the confederacy that surrounded the harbor of Fort Sumter with cannons?
P.G.T. Beauregard
2. What city/state was Fort Sumter located near?
Charleston, South Carolina
3. What was the name of the man who started Fort Sumter?
Major Anderson
The End!
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-fort-sumter.htm
" Bob Anderson. my beau, Bob, when we were first aquent,
You were in Mexico, Bob, because by order sent;
But now you are in Sumter, Bob, because you chose to go ;
And blessings on you anyhow, Bob Anderson, my beau !
" Bob Anderson, my beau, Bob, I really don't know whether
I ought to like you so, Bob, considering that feather;
I don't like standing armies, Bob, as very well you know,
But I lore a man that dares to act, Bob Anderson, my beau."
The Battle of Fort Sumter
MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON
P.G.T. BEAUREGARD
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