Battle of Fort Sumter - Wikipedia
The Battle of Fort Sumter (also the Attack on Fort Sumter or the Fall of Fort Sumter) (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, by the South Carolina militia. It ended with the surrender of the fort by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War.
Fort Sumter Battle Facts and Summary - American Battlefield Trust
Charleston Harbor, SC | Apr 12 - 14, 1861. The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War—a war that lasted four years, cost the lives of more than 620,000 Americans, and freed 3.9 million enslaved people from bondage. How it ended. Confederate victory.
Battle of Fort Sumter | Location, Significance, & Map | Britannica
2024年9月30日 · Battle of Fort Sumter, (April 12–14, 1861), the opening engagement of the American Civil War, at the entrance to the harbour of Charleston, South Carolina. Although Fort Sumter held no strategic value to the North—it was unfinished and its guns faced the sea rather than Confederate shore batteries—it held enormous value as a symbol of the ...
Fort Sumter: Civil War, Battle & Location - HISTORY
2009年11月9日 · Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and is most famous for being the site of the first battle of the Civil War.
Battle of Fort Sumter: Facts, Dates, and Information - HistoryNet
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. The intense Confederate artillery bombardment of Major Robert Anderson’s small Union garrison in the unfinished fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions.
Battle of Fort Sumter, Summary, Overview, Significance, 1861
2024年1月12日 · The Battle of Fort Sumter was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America from April 12 to 13, 1861, during the American Civil War. The battle was part of Operations in Charleston Harbor and resulted in a Confederate victory. It is recognized as the first battle of the Civil War.
Battle of Fort Sumter, April 1861 - U.S. National Park Service
Some six thousand Confederate troops encircled Charleston Harbor that morning. Several dozen cannon and mortars bore on Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter boasted more than four dozen usable guns, but the garrison could man only a few of them at a time.
Fort Sumter: The Civil War Begins | Smithsonian
Fort Sumter: The Civil War Begins. Nearly a century of discord between North and South finally exploded in April 1861 with the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Fergus M. Bordewich. April 2011....
Civil War at 150: How a Bloodless Battle Started It All
2011年4月12日 · A mule was its only fatality, but the Battle of Fort Sumter nevertheless led to the United States' deadliest war, as historian Mark Jenkins recounts.
The Battle of Fort Sumter, the first battle of the American Civil War ...
On April 7, 1863, the war returned when nine Federal gunboats attacked Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. After two and half hours, the artillery duel was over, leaving the Federals without their prize. For the next 20 months, Union forces bombarded Fort Sumter in …
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