The Battle of Fort Sumter significance and outcome (5 h 27 min, 12 avr. 1861 ans – 5 h 27 min, 13 avr. 1861 ans)
Description:
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. The intense Confederate artillery bombardment of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions.
The outcome was a Confederate Victory.
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Date:
5 h 27 min, 12 avr. 1861 ans
5 h 27 min, 13 avr. 1861 ans
~ 24 hours