
April 12-13, 1861:
Battle Of Fort Sumter
This was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return fire and the subsequent surrender of the United States Army that started the Civil War. The Confederacy, led by at the time, P.G.T Beauregard and his troops took over the fort. Governor of South Carolina, Francis W. Pickens, supplied ships for the confederacy that helped their army in the victory.