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- 1. The Battle of Fort Sumter The attack on fort Sumter occurred after the southern states seceded from the union. Therefore, the south didn’t consider itself part of the United States anymore. So the south being independent of the U.S wanted all U.S. posts on their land to be evacuated. Since the U.S. still recognized these posts as part of the U.S. they refused to leave. The south (confederacy) aggravated by their refusal took matters into their own hands when a ship was sent to resupply fort Sumter, the confederacy opened fire. The battle of Fort Sumter took place in South Carolina on an island in Charleston Harbor. The battle of Fort Sumter started on April 12 ending April 13, 1861. The first shot was fired by the confederate army at 4:30 A.M. The evening rainstorms aided the troops in fort Sumter due to the fire brought on upon gun fire.The battle went on for two days until the confederates defeated the union.
- 2. The goals of the battle of Fort Sumter Unions Goal: The military goal was to control the entrance to Charleston harbor which would allow the union to control the import and export of supplies of the confederate state. President Lincolns plan was to get the confederates to fire the first shot. This would make the confederates look bad and would inspire states to unite under the union. Confederates Goal: The confederates had a different goal they wanted to preserve the confederate states that hadn't already seceded to the union by demanding that the union army abandon its facilities in Charleston harbor.
- 3. Confederates Union Anderson and his men had a total of 60 guns but only fired six of them during the duration of the battle. The union only had 85 soldiers defending fort Sumter. Fort Sumter was low on supply and ammunition . There were no fuses for there explosive shells and the forts biggest guns the Columbia's and eight-inch howitzers were located on the top tier of the fort. The big guns were not used because the big guns had no protection for the men making them vulnerable to enemy fire. The only guns that were accessible without being vulnerable to enemy fire were the casemate guns on the lower tier. The confederates only used six of their canons during the whole duration of the battle. Although there were no casualties during the battle of fort Sumter, one union soldier died when a canon prematurely exploded during the evacuation. The confederates had 43 guns and mortars. The confederates had 500 soldiers The Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter from various locations. After Anderson and his men abandoned Fort Moultrie Beauregard and his men took refuge in fort Moultrie. Fort Moultrie wielded three 8-inch Columbiads, two 8-inch howitzers, five 32-pound smoothbores and four 24-pounders. On the outside of the fort were five 10-inch mortars, two 32pounders, two 24-pounders and one 9-inch Dahlgren smoothbore. The Floating battery outside of fort Moultrie had two 42-inch pounders and two 32-inch pounders. The confederates also took refuge at fort Johnson located on James island aiding the bombardment with one 24-inch pounder, four 10-inch mortars, two 42-inch pounders, an English Blakely rifled cannon, and three 8-inch Columbiads.
- 4. • Both confederate and union leaders got there military education at WestPoint. Union Major Robert Anderson Major. Robert, Anderson major Robert Anderson was general Beauregard's artillery instructor at west •Major Anderson point. and Beauregard Andersons strategy was to not only trained gain control over the together they harbor by controlling fort Sumter at the entrance of were close friends. the harbor. Fort Sumter Beauregard was a vantage point due to became the fort being accessible Andersons only by water and it was known to be the strongest assistant after fort in the united states at graduation. the time. Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard Confederate General Pierre Gustave T. Beauregard The strategy of Beauregard was to keep all shipments from resupplying fort Sumter. the Shipment (star of the west) was sent to resupply fort Sumter by president Lincoln. The shipment failed to resupply due being fired upon by the confederates. General Beauregard knew that if fort Sumter was resupplied they might be able to hold the fort and he was not going to let that happen.
- 5. The battle of fort Sumter’s Significance •The significance of the battle of fort Sumter is that Lincolns plan to try to get the confederates to fire first worked out as planed it allowed the success of uniting states that seceded from the union by making people to want to join the unions side instead of the aggressors (the Confederates). Without Lincolns plan the southern states may have never united with the north and the U.S. wouldn’t be what it is today. •The second significance of the battle of fort Sumter is that Fort Sumter was the first battle that started the civil war.
- 6. Work Cited: Peace Keeper. Battle of Fort Sumter-Civil War Battles. Battle of Fort Sumter. Website. Dec 3, 2013 http://thecivilwarbattles.blogspot.com/search?q=fort+sumter U.S. History Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium. 33a. Fort Sumter. Website. Dec 3, 2013 http://www.ushistory.org/us/33a.asp Robert, McNamara About.com 19th Century History. The Attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861 Began the American Civil War. Website. Dec 3,2013 http://history1800s.about.com/od/civilwar/a/fort-sumter-attack.htm Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter. Website. Dec 3,2013 http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h98.html Fort Sumter April 12-14, 1861. Website. Dec 3,2013 http://www.us-civilwar.com/sumter.htm Wikipedia. Bombardment. Website. Dec 3,2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter