Battle of Fort Sumter | Civil War Battles #1
Who attackt who?
500 of the confederacy attacked the 80 of the union
Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War
When was the Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12-13, 1861
Why is the Battle of Fort Sumter remembered?
Because it was the first battle in the Civil War.
Why did the Battle of Fort Sumter happen?
Because the South states seceded from the union. they concitered themselves indpendet.
Why was Fort Sumter important
Had the confederacy not attacked Fort Sumter there is a chance that the Confederate States would still exist today, although by now slavery would most likely have been abolished anyway in the south.
Louis Wigfall
Louis Wigfall was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865. aide to Beauregard, fire-eater, and former U.S. senator—rowed out to Fort Sumter on his own initiative, without the knowledge or approval of Beauregard, amid the continuing barrage to see if Anderson was attempting to surrender.
How many people lost their lives
Nobody died during the battle. The only thing that died during the battle was a confederate horse.
Comanders for both
Union: Major Robert Anderson Conferates: Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard
Where was The Battle of Fort Sumter
Charleston Harbor in South Carolina.
The Battle of Fort Sumter Results
Confederate victory, Beginning of the American Civil War
Private Daniel Hough
Daniel Hough was a U.S. soldier who became the first man to die in the American Civil War. His death was accidental, caused by a cannon that went off prematurely during a salute to the flag after the Battle of Fort Sumter.
Edmund Ruffin
Edmund Ruffin was a wealthy Virginia planter and slaveholder, who in the 1850s was a political activist with the so-called Fire-Eaters. He staunchly advocated states' rights and slavery, arguing for secession years before the American Civil War.
Private Edward Galloway
Edward Galloway (? - April 19, 1861) was the first soldier in the American Civil War to be mortally wounded, and the war's second death, after Private Daniel Hough. He was injured when a gun went off prematurely on April 14, 1861 during a 100-gun salute to the flag after the Battle of Fort Sumter. The explosion killed Hough, severely injured Galloway, and slightly injured four other men. He was taken to the Gibbes Hospital in Charleston, where he died five days later on April 19, 1861.
What happend after the battle
South Carolina demanded that the U.S. army abandon Fort Sumter, which was refused. When the ultimate deadline passed, an artillery happend, lasting until the fort was surrendered. Once the Confederates had fired, full-scale war quickly followed after.
