Our supplies aren't coming! The Confederates drove them away.
Uh Oh...
The Final Straw
If you don't Surrender, then we will fire on you!
I will NOT surrender!
General Anderson decided to move to Fort Sumter because it was better equipped with cannons. They were also expecting supplies to come when they were there.
The Battle Begins
AHHHHH!
The Union's supplies were supposed to come on a ship to Fort Sumter, but the Confederates shot at the ship and it left.
The Surrender
WE SURRENDER!
After Multiple attempts to get Anderson to surrender, he still refuses and the confederates are going to fire on them now.
The Ceremony
General Beauregard initiates an attack with his batteries at 4:30 AM. Anderson couldn't do anything because all of the cannons were pointing out to sea, not towards the inland.
FIRE!!!
FIRE!!!
Since the Union was outnumbered and couldn't do anything, General Anderson decided to surrender the fort to the Confederates.
During the Surrender Ceremony, a spark caused an explosion that caused 2 casualties.
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Uh Oh that is bad.
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