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How many union troops were in the battle of fort Sumter?
The garrison of Fort Sumter was of 80 men.
What was the effect after confederate soldiers fired on union troops in fort Sumter?
The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter signed the outbreak of the American Civil War-.
In witch state did the civil war begin?
South Carolina, when the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, ordered his troops to fire on Fort Sumter, an island-garrison in Charleston harbour, occupied by Union troops.
What town did the Civil War start in?
The first battle of the war was the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. The city is also the place where the state adopted its ordinance of secession on December 20, 1860 making it the first state to leave the Union.
Fort Sumter battle?
First shots of the war. Lincoln had declared that he would hold the Union garrison on the tiny island of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour. The Confederate artillery fired on it, and it surrendered. Lincoln reacted by calling for 75,000 volunteer troops. The war was officially on.
