Fort Sumter: The American Civil War

Fort Sumter was built on an island at the entrance on charleston harbor in South Carolina to defend the major ports of the United States. Major Anderson decided to withdraw his troops from the fort on April 12, 1861. Beauregard from the confederacy attacked the Union troops. Thank God no one was killed in the attack.

Robert Anderson and his army of 85 soldiers move to Fort Sumter to seek safety after Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860. Confederate troops attacked lasted for 34 hours. Their was no casualties in this battle.

The Civil War. Louis P. Masur’s book, The civil War: a Concise History, Is a book that gives an overview of the civil war from 18 to 1800, Providing multiple causes an consequences that emerged from the war. The book begins by reviewing the origins of the war. Chapter one covers the issues between northern and southern states and the tension over right and slave possession. The tension created a conflict that raised a number of political, social, and military events that then proceeded into a battle to abolish slavery from the colonies.

“The Republican wing could not hesitate and locked in the endless policy of drift and subsequent delay” (Sanín & Wood, 2014). Lincoln decided to use Fort Sumter as a primary attack on the Confederacy. Presumably, the Fort Sumter Confederates avoided fighting the two Union forces at the same time. Undoubtedly, after the blood and years of war, many of the citizens from the north were fed up with the conflict and wanted peace. The Democrats demanded peace which the Republican failed to address and solve.

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 18–20, 1863,[1][2] marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and involved the second-highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the first major battle of the war that was fought in Georgia. Along with being one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil

While Gettysburg is a significant battle during the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam is arguably a significant game changer in the war. This was the first battle of the Civil War to be waged on northern soil. Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his army of 52,000 went head to head with Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his 75,300 Yankees. Not long after overpowering the Union Army of Virginia commanded by Maj. Gen. John Pope in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Lee led his own Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac into Maryland.

Two armies fought a day long battle, that resulted up to 5,000 casualties. In April of 1861, the first shots of Bull Run were fired at Fort Sumter, which ended up changing the United States forever. The significance behind the first battle of Bull Run, was the first major land battle of the Civil War. This was also the battle that made the war become real to many. To include, before the first Battle of Bull Run, a lot of people in the North and South fantasized about the war.

The First Battle of Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison. These were the first shots of the war and continued all day, watched by many civilians in a celebratory spirit. The fort had been cut off from its supply line and surrendered the next day. The Second Battle of Fort Sumter (September 8, 1863) was a failed attempt by the Union to retake the fort, dogged by a rivalry between army and navy commanders. Although the fort was reduced to rubble, it remained in Confederate hands until it was evacuated as General Sherman marched through South Carolina in February 1865.

The war was the starting point of the Civil war. The battle of Fort Sumter lasted 34 hours, having the garrison in Fort Sumter surrender against Confederate warships. This is what sparked the fire of the Civil

By April 12th, there were only two lasting United States forts left in confederate territory. One of which is called Fort Sumter which was under command by Major Robert Anderson. The fort was running low on food and water. They were surrounded by enemy territory and had no way to resupply. President Lincoln began to worry.

One major battle is the First Battle of the Bull Run, a first battle of the Civil War and was fought on July 21, 1861, in the Fort Sumter along the stream of Bull Run in Virginia. It started when Abraham Lincoln told General Irvin McDowell to attack the Confederate troops (the South) near the Manassas Junction to open the

There is something I want to share that I was privileged to enjoy these past two weeks. My son and I went to visit our family in Mt. Pleasant and Charleston, SC. We managed to see some of the historical sites from our lessons while we visited. My Aunt Laura is a Charleston native and is now retired from her job as a staff member where she worked at the White House (Democratic) for many years. The best thing about the trip was the visit because the area is so rich in history.

The North was called the Union and the south was called the Confederate. The first battle of the civil war struck on April 12, 1861 at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fight was led by Major Robert Anderson, who fought for the Union, and Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard,

The most important battle during the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. This was a battle that took place over three days in the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. This battle was the turning point of the civil war which successfully stopped the Southern Confederate Armies led by General Robert E. Lee from taking over the north. The Battle of Gettysburg was the most important battle of the Civil War because it was the largest of the civil war battles, successfully pushing back southern armies away from the north, and was the major defeat of the south. The battle of Gettysburg is still considered to historians to not only be the most important battle of the Civil war but the deciding factor towards victory.

The Battle was fought on July 1-3, 1863 near and in the small Pennsylvanian town of Gettysburg. This Battle involved the most amount of casualties in the entire Civil War. The Union had both Generals George G. Meade and John F. Reynolds while the south only had Robert E. Lee as their commanding general. Small groups of both of the armies found each other at Gettysburg on July 1st. When news made it back to General Lee, in just a matter of hours, Lee moved a large sum of his troops to attack the Union head on.