What was the signifiicance of the Civil War Battle of Fort Sumter...or what are some interesting facts?

Answer 1

It was the first battle of the Civil War. Lasted 33 hours and no one on either side was seriously injured or killed

Answer 2

Originally the commander of the First U.S. Artillery Major Robert Anderson, occupied a smaller fort in Charleston Harbor, S.C. called Fort Moultrie. He transferred his soldiers to Fort Sumter on Dec. 26, 1860. Fort Moultrie was seized by the South Carolina militias the next day.

After the bombardment of Fort Sumter that began on April 12, 1861 and ended when Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort on April 13, the fort was evacuated on the next day. One of the soldiers serving there, Lieutenant R.K. Meade of the engineers and a Virginian, left the U.S. Artillery and joined the Confederacy. His death occurred soon after.

Answer 3

It was a marvelous decision on Lincoln's behalf; by merely refusing to give the Confederacy Federal property, he forced them to attack it; by refusing to reenforce the fort, he made it not look like an invasion. The Confederates had no choice but to attack and look like the villains; it ruined all chances of foriegn aid. Yes, the Union lost the battle, but one could say that that was the very moment when they won the war.

Fact: After the battle a gunner attempted to fire a salute on one of the captured canons. It exploded and killed him. He was the one and only casualty of the battle, and the first casualty of the war.

Answer 4

The fort surrendered on the afternoon of April 14th. The garrison marched out with drums playing "Yankee doodle dandy". That morning the fort had fashioned crude powder bags for a 100 gun salute to the flag as it was lowered. Midway through the ceremony a cartridge exploded wounding six men and killing one. Daniel Hough was the first soldier to die in the civil war of the eventual 600,000 deaths.

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Answer 5

The south and north had already split into union and confederacy. Lincoln basically provoked a war when he sent provisions down to the fort.The conderates saw that as reinforcements and fired the "first shot." Now Lincoln had an excuse to start the war and fight slavery.. at least thats what my history teacher told me so i hope thats accurate

Answer 6

it ignited the civil war. its the first battle but no one was killed in the battle.

Answer 7

pick up you history book

open it to the civil war period

READ DAMNIT!

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter