11 April 1861 A.D. FORT SUMTER, SC: CSA BGEN P.G.T. Beauregard Orders MAJ Anderson, USA, & Fort Sumter to Stand Down & Surrender—Major Anderson Declines
11 April 1861 A.D. FORT SUMTER, SC: CSA BGEN P.G.T. Beauregard Orders
MAJ Anderson, USA, & Fort Sumter to Stand Down & Surrender—Major
Anderson Declines
1861 – Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard ordered the
Federals under the command of Major Robert Anderson to surrender Fort Sumter,
but Anderson refused. Anticipating war between North and South, Confederate
President Jefferson Davis had ordered Beauregard to clear the harbor forts in
Charleston, South Carolina, of Union troops. For three long months, Anderson
and his besieged troops had waited for reinforcements at Fort Sumter. Back in
Washington, Union naval officer Gustavus Fox raced against time to organize
just such a mission.

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