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 https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/april-11/ 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.