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because he was against slavery and back up Sumter and resupply it.

after three months, seven southern However, Confederate troops decided

states- South Carolina, Florida, to fire gunshots, which were the

Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, first artillery fires to be shot on the

and Mississippi- had seceded from Civil War. Because Fort Sumter

the United States. could not handle the bombardment,

commander Major Robert Anderson

Chapter 2: Start of the War had no other choice but to surrender

Even though Lincoln tried to after two days. This left the fort to

stop slavery, Confederate forces be handled and controlled by the

threatened the federal-held Fort Confederate forces under Pierre G.T.

Sumter in Charleston, South Beauregard. After this event, four

Carolina. Later on April 12, Lincoln more southern states- Arkansas,

had ordered a fleet of soldiers to North Carolina, Virginia, and