Fort Sumter
Charleston, South Carolina
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter. Digital image. History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2014. <http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter>.
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard
P.G.T. Beauregard. Digital image. Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._T._Beauregard>
Union Major Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson. Digital image. Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_(Civil_War)>
Fort Sumter Facts
- Took place at Charleston Harbor on April 12th-13th, 1861
- Significance of Fort Sumter is that it's where the CIvil War started
- Leader of the Union was Major Robert Anderson
- Leader of the Confederacy was P. G. T. Beauregard
- Resulted in 0 casualties on the Confederate and Union side
Confederate forces firing artillery on Fort Sumter
Attack on Fort Sumter. Digital image. Sonofthesouth.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2014.
Fort Sumter on a map
Fort sumter. Digital image. Tulane.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.tulane.edu/~sumter/Sumter.html>.