To assert their sovereignty over South Carolina.
The fort was under union control before it was attacked by the south (south Carolina) and began the civil war.
The Battle of Fort Sumter ws April 12-13 1861
it was a surprise attack because Lincoln told the Confederacy that he was sending food for his men but the south attacked them. ^- The south asked them to leave repeatedly. even said they would attack them if they wouldn't go, the people in fort sumter said they would leave if they didn't recive supplies. THEN lincoln sent them supplies. No it wasn't a surprise attack. they knew it was coming.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the first seven states to leave the Union before Fort Sumter was bombarded.
It was attacked on April 1861
The Federal Fort Sumter was located in the Charleston Harbor of the State of South Carolina.
attack on fort Sumter
Charleston harbor, South Carolina
Lincoln effectively declared war by calling for 75,000 volunteers, and the South retaliated with four more states seceding.The attack and capture of Fort Sumter effectively was the spark that began the US Civil War. Northerners who did not want a war with the South, now believed that this attack on the Federal fort in the Charleston Harbor was a justification for armed conflict with the Confederacy.
In the Northern States, the South's attack and capture of Fort Sumter, galvanized support to take arms against the South. Previously many Northerners saw no need for a war with the South. The attack on Fort Sumter changed this and the North wanted to engage in a war to keep the Union intact.
To assert their sovereignty over South Carolina.
Fort Sumter was a United States fort which happened to be in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, waters claimed by the Confederacy. After its surrender it became Confederate.
Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861.
The fort was under union control before it was attacked by the south (south Carolina) and began the civil war.
Fort Sumter "is" in Charleston, South Carolina.
To assert Confederate sovereignty over South Carolina.