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FORT SUMTER. By Rachel Kitto. Video Clip . http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/24181-the-civil-war-fort-sumter-the-civil-war-begins-video.htm. Construction . Named after a revolutionary war hero, General Thomas Sumter Located in Charleston County, South Carolina. (Charleston Harbor)
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FORT SUMTER By Rachel Kitto
Video Clip • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/24181-the-civil-war-fort-sumter-the-civil-war-begins-video.htm
Construction • Named after a revolutionary war hero, General Thomas Sumter • Located in Charleston County, South Carolina. (Charleston Harbor) • Built after the war of 1812, along with many other forts along the southern U.S. coast • Construction for the fort began in 1827 and was still unfinished in 1860 • A five-sided brick fort that covered over 199 acres. • The fort stood 50 feet above the low tide mark and had walls 5 feet deep. • Designed to house 650 men and 135 guns.
Importance • Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861
First Battle of the Civil War • Union soldiers (127 men) under the command of U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson were stationed at Fort Sumter when Confederate Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard arrived. • On April 11, 1861 Beauregard demand the surrender of the fort. Anderson declined. • On April 12, 1861 at 4:30 AM Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter • The firing lasted for 34 straight hours on the fort. • On April 13, Union soldiers surrendered and evacuated the fort • No one was killed during the firing • The Confederates would hold the fort for another 4 years
End of the Civil War • The Confederacy never surrendered Fort Sumter, but General William T. Sherman’s advance through South Carolina finally forced the Confederates to evacuate Charleston on February 17, 1865 and abandon Fort Sumter. • The U.S. government officially claimed Fort Sumter on February 22, 1865 with a flag raising ceremony.
After the War • Fort Sumter was in ruins after the war. • The U.S. Army worked to restore it as a useful military installation. • From 1876 to 1897, Fort Sumter was used only as an unmanned lighthouse station. • The start of the Spanish-American War prompted renewed interest in its military use and reconstruction began on the sections of the fort that had further eroded over time. • Until World War II, the fort was unused except as a tourist destination • Fort Sumter became a U.S. National Monument in 1948.
Fort Sumter as a National Monument • Fort Sumter National Monument is based of three sites in Charleston: the original Fort Sumter, the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center, and the Fort Moultrie National Monument on Sullivan's Island. • The museum at Fort Sumter focuses on the activities at the fort, including its construction and role during the Civil War. • Accesses to Fort Sumter itself consist of a 30 minute ferry ride.
Bibliography Websites • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter • http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/sc001.htm • http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/graphics/battles/fortsumter.html • http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Fort_Sumter • http://www.google.com/#q=fort+sumter&hl=en&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=S0cTS5_7IYecMIftkTM&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=16&ved=0CDoQ5wIwDw&fp=6b22d27f49a5e7dd • Books • The world book Encyclopedia, volume 7,Book F, pg. 360 • A History of American People, pgs. 519,528,529-530 Pictures • http://ro3011.k12.sd.us/event/pics/battle%20pics/ft%20sumter.jpg • http://www.freewebs.com/sumterball/fort%20sumter%20color.jpg • http://www.mclib.org/attack-fort-sumter.jpg • http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/hh/12/images/hh12t1.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ft._Sumter_cannon.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ft._Sumter_entrance.jpg • http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/pictures/Fort-Sumter-Wall.jpg Video • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/24181-the-civil-war-fort-sumter-the-civil-war-begins-video.htm