It started the war, pitting the industrial north against the better trained south
The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
The build-up of the new Confederate States Army, and their challenge to Fort Sumter, a tiny island garrison in Charleston Harbour, which they declared to be Confederate territory.
The immediate effect of the Confederacy firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, was the outbreak of the Civil War. The attack galvanized Northern public opinion, leading to widespread support for the Union cause and a call for volunteers to suppress the rebellion. Additionally, it prompted President Abraham Lincoln to issue a call for 75,000 troops, marking a significant escalation in tensions between the North and South. The attack also solidified Southern states' resolve to secede and form the Confederate States of America.
Henry S. Farley, a Lieutenant, fired the first shot at Fort Sumter. The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the American Civil War.
Seven states had seceded from the United States by 1861. One of those Confederate states, South Carolina, demanded that the US Army leave Fort Sumter, which started the Civil War.
The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
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.
The United States troops surrendered the fort to the Confederate forces.
April 12-13
To assert Confederate sovereignty over South Carolina.
they wanted revenge on the Union
The war between the states actually began on April 133, 1861 when the Confederate troops bombarded Fort Sumter. The outcome was a victory for the Confederate Army.
The opening shots of the Civil War. When the Confederate artillery in Charleston fired on the island garrison of Fort Sumter, Lincoln called for new volunteers for the Union Army, effecively declaring war. Four undecided states of the Upper South decided to join the Confederacy. The two sides were lined up. The war was on.
After the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, four additional states chose to secede from the Union: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These states joined the original seven that had already seceded, forming the Confederate States of America. The decision to secede was driven by a combination of factors, including a commitment to states' rights and the preservation of slavery.
Radical Confederate leaders, especially the ones in South Carolina, believed that having Fort Sumter, in the Charleston harbor would signal to US President Lincoln, that they were sincere about leaving the Union. By engaging in the bombardment of Federal forts, especially Sumter, this would increase Confederate morale and bring other slave states like Virginia into the Confederacy.
Fort Sumter, a U.S. Army garrison on an island in Charleston Harbour.