April 13, 1861
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Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard led the Confederate forces in the attack on Fort Sumter.
Major Robert Anderson.
Major Robert Anderson
Union major Robert Anderson became a part of US Civil War history as the commander of Fort Sumter. Food supplies were unable to arrive at the fort in the Charleston Harbor. With repeated cannon bombardments by the South, Major Anderson surrendered the fort to the Confederates.