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=Fort Sumter = Peter Keares

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1) The name of this battle is The Battle of Fort Sumter. 2) This battle took place on April 12-14, 1861. 3) This battle took place in Charleston County, South Carolina. 4) The of officer of the U.S. was Major Robert Anderson. The officer of the Confederate Sates was Brigade General P.G.T. Beauregard.

5) The two regiments that this took part in this battle totaled 580 people. There were an estimated 500 soldiers on the Confederate side and only 80 soldiers on the U.S. side. 6) The battle of Fort Sumter was fought on April 12-14, 1861. This battle was the first battle of the American Civil War. The battle started out when the Confederates demanded the surrender of the U.S. fort on their “country’s” land. Fort Sumter itself needed supplies, especially if it might have to fight with the Confederates. The Union fort only had 80 soldiers and the Confederate had a force of 500 soldiers. On April 12th, just as the Confederates were about to open fire, Major Robert Anderson told the Confederate commander, Brigade General P.G.T. Beauregard, that they would evacuate April 15 if more supplies didn’t arrive. General Beauregard said that was unacceptable and opened fire.

The fort did not return fire for another two hours because they had to get themselves organized. This exchange of fire went on for two days. The Union fort was never able to return fire as strongly as the Confederates because of their lack of soldiers. Eventually, after 33 hours of being shelled with cannons, the Union Fort surrendered to the Confederate forces. The Confederate States had won the first fight of the American Civil War.

7) There were not many major strategic move made by either side. The Confederate force just bombarded the fort until the Union surrendered. 8) This battle was a Confederate Victory. They won when the Union surrendered after 33 hours of be bombarded by cannon fire. 9) There were no casualties in this battle. Although, one soldier was killed after the battle when a cannon misfired during a salute. 10) This battle had a major impact on the war because it was the first battle of the war.

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/sc001.htm http://www.us-civilwar.com/sumter.htm


 * 1) Name of battle
 * 2) Dates battle occurred
 * 3) Location(s) of battle
 * 4) Officers in charge (both sides)
 * 5) Information on troops present at the battle. Amount, Titles (company, brigade, etc)
 * 6) Brief synopsis of battle (2 paragraph minimum)
 * 7) Major strategic moves and turning points of battle
 * 8) Outcome of battle - who won, and how they won
 * 9) Causalities
 * 10) Impact of the battle (how this battle impacted the war overall)