Beauregard (on the orders of his President, Jefferson Davis.)
North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, and Tennessee.ANSWER:There were 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union. They were South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.
It caused it. Had the South nopt attempted to seceded there aould have been nothing to fight about. Michael Montagne
When Ft. Sumter was taken in Charleston Harbor in April 1861 by confederate troops this began the civil war.
The Attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861 Began the American Civil War. Confederate Brigadier Gen. Beauregard demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC.
April 12th 1861.
The attack on Ft. Sumter
After the attack, Lincoln called for volunteer-troops, which was taken as a declaration of war. In response, four states of the Upper South, which had been undecided, threw in their lot wth the Confederates. They were Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.
The Confederate attack on Ft Sumter
Federal troops would not vacate Ft. Sumter after SC declared secession.
Beauregard (on the orders of his President, Jefferson Davis.)
North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, and Tennessee.ANSWER:There were 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union. They were South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.
It caused it. Had the South nopt attempted to seceded there aould have been nothing to fight about. Michael Montagne
When Ft. Sumter was taken in Charleston Harbor in April 1861 by confederate troops this began the civil war.
The South started to realize that they were losing political power and when South Carolina seceded they took all of the federal land with them, including Fort Sumter. This angered Northern political figures and they demanded it back. The South felt that they were being pushed around, and the North felt like the South was stealing their country's land from them.
General P.G.T. Beauregard, acting on orders from his President, Jefferson Davis.
The Attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861 Began the American Civil War. Confederate Brigadier Gen. Beauregard demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC.