On March,29, 1861, Lincoln ordered to set up a naval task force to supply the fort with provisions for a year and introduce 200 men to reinforce the garrison. On April 7 the expedition weighed anchor.
At the same time he sent a messenger to Charleston who presented to the Governor Pickens a confidential letter, in which he said that food supplies would be introduced in the fort. If he had not met resistance, it would not make any attempt to introduce weapons, ammunition and reinforcements without notifying the governor.
The Confederates reacted isolating the fort and preventing the garrison from receiving both post and provisions.
On Apr. 10, 1861, the Confederate Secretary of War cabled to Gen. Beauregard, ordering him to ask the surrendering of Fort Sumter.
Lincoln decided to give up Fort Sumter and fight if necessary, but he would let the South fire the first shot.
Fort Sumter was a fort back when Lincoln was president.
Buchanan wasn't President so he didn't respond. Lincoln was president.
Lincoln sent a ship to Fort Sumter in 1861 because the troops needed food and supplies.
After the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. He requested that each of them serve for three months.
He wasn't reluctant to defend Sumter, but the attack was a surprise and began the war so he needed troops.
Fort Sumter was a fort back when Lincoln was president.
Lincoln said he would send food but no arms to the fort.
his choise's were to resuply Fort Sumter
Before. It was Lincoln's decision to resupply the fort. When he informed the South that he was resupplying it, they attacked Fort Sumter!
Buchanan wasn't President so he didn't respond. Lincoln was president.
Lincoln sent a ship to Fort Sumter in 1861 because the troops needed food and supplies.
After the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. He requested that each of them serve for three months.
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
He wasn't reluctant to defend Sumter, but the attack was a surprise and began the war so he needed troops.
Well, Lincoln wanted to relieve the fort, but as he got there, the first gunshot of the Civil War was taken. As a result, the troops at Fort Sumter had no ammunition left and had no reasonable means of themselves, Lincoln surrendered sumter.
President Lincoln sent supplies to Fort Sumter and the South wanted to stop the supplies from reaching the Fort, which they did. Fort Sumter fought back and ended up losing the supplies and the battle.
Abraham Lincoln