Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter, located in Charleston, South Carolina harbor, is perhaps best
known as the site where, according to tradition, the first shots of the
United States Civil War were fired. On April 10, 1861, the Union garrison
in the fort was told to surrender by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard
in Charleston. This demand was refused and on April 12, 1861, Confederate
batteries opened fire on the fort. The Union return fire was ineffective. On
April 13, the fort was evacuated after surrendering. The only casualties
took place after the surrender, when two Union soldiers were killed, and
two others wounded during an explosion of a cannon during a salute that
occurred during the evacuation. Accounts often describe Charleston
residents along what is now known as "The Battery", sitting on balconies
and drinking salutes to the start of the hostilities.

Union batteries and ships bombarded the Confederate-held fort from August 17
- December 31, 1863.

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