The Battle of Fort Sumter occurred from April 12, 1861 to April 14, 1861 in Charleston, SC. It was a Confederate victory and start of the Civil War. There were no deaths on either side.
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General PGT Beauregard.the commander of fort Sumter was Robert Anderson
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There were only approximately 80 people on the union side and 500 on the confederacy
Major Robert Anderson was the commanding officer of the Union soldiers during the Battle of Fort Sumter.
They were evacuated by boat.
80 union soldiers
No, Fort Sumter was a Union defeat, and not at all close.
confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
The garrison of Fort Sumter was of 80 men.
They ate rice and salt pork mainly (Source: Civil War Reenactor present at the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter)
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The combined garrisons of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie was 86 men.
The soldiers at the Battle of Fort Sumter lived in dire straits. They were short of supplies and food. There were not enough men either. It was more like a siege.
In the April 1861 the battle of Fort Sumter led to the Union's surrender of the fort to Confederate forces.
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