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Bombardment of Fort Sumter by Currier & Ives
Fort Sumter Flag
Bombardment of Fort Sumter
Our Banner in the Sky (1861) by Frederic Edwin Church
Text of Major Robert Anderson's telegram to the Secretary of War, April 18, 1861
Major Robert Anderson, Union Army
Confederate Flag flies over Fort Sumter following its surrender by the Union Army
Confederate Brig. General P.G. T. Beauregard
Major Robert Anderson's telegram, April 18, 1861
Fort Sumter after the bombardment
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. They bombarded (bombed) the fort for 34 hours until Union forces surrendered. After the battle, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to serve for 90 days. The Confederate victory at Fort Sumter officially started the Civil War.
DID YOU KNOW? No one died during the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, which started the Civil War. The only Union deaths happened during the evacuation when an explosion during a 100-gun salute killed one soldier and mortally wounded another.
Following the Battle of Fort Sumter, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer soldiers
Following the Battle of Fort Sumter, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer soldiers
Fort Sumter, present day
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