Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12–13, 1861
Result Confederate victory
12-13 April 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, by the South Carolina militia, ending in the U.S. Army's surrender and beginning the Civil War. After secession, Major Robert Anderson moved his command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, which controlled Charleston Harbor; the Star of the West resupply attempt failed when shore batteries fired on it on 9 January 1861.
