US Civil War - Battle of Shiloh. Near Shiloh, Tennessee. General Ulysses S. Grant defeats confederate army.
Charleston, South Carolina, where Confederate artillery opened up on the US army garrison on the island of Fort Sumter. The Confederate commander was General P.G.T. Beauregard, acting under orders from his President, Jefferson Davis.
Fort Sumter, when Confederate artillery fired on a US Army garrison on this small island in Charleston harbour, to assert sovereignty over South Carolina.
The first shot's credited to the start of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina were the Confederate military attacked the fort.Fort sumpter
Brigadier General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard commanded the Southern forces at Fort Sumter in April of 1861. He was born in Louisiana near New Orleans May 28, 1818.
The US Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, which was located on an island in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
The South's firing on Fort Sumter.April 12, 1861 last shot fired by the Confederate
Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina.
The Civil War. The Confederate fired on Union Fort Sumter.
April 12, 1861, Ft. Sumter was fired upon by Confederate forces.
Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina on 12 April 1861
Confederate Troops
Officially, the Civil War started on 12 April 1861, when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. It ended on Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865 when General Robert E. Lee signed a surrender at Appomattox Court House , Virginia.
US Civil War - Battle of Shiloh. Near Shiloh, Tennessee. General Ulysses S. Grant defeats confederate army.
It was the afternoon of April 11th, 1861 in Charleston, South Carolina when Confederate forces first demanded the surrender of the Union forces garrisoned on the island stronghold, Fort Sumter. Their offer was grimly declined by the fort's commander. Bombardment via cannonade of the fort began early the next morning.
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The Confederate states seceded from the Union and fired the first shots.