[DOC] [TLE] Battle of Fort Sumter - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 1214, 1861) was the bombardment of U.S. Fort 
Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, by the Confederates, and the return 
gunfire and subsequent surrender by the U.S. Army that started the American 
Civil War. .... Under the cover of darkness on December 26, six days after South 
Carolina... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter - American Civil War - HISTORY.com [PAR] Confederate troops then occupied Fort Sumter for nearly four years, resisting ... of 
Fort Sumter first began in 1829 in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, on a ... 
Anderson was forced to surrender the fort shortly after 2 p.m. in the afternoon. ... 
In the days following the assault, Lincoln issued a call for Union volunteers to 
quash... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter surrenders - Apr 13, 1861 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Fort Sumter surrenders on Apr 13, 1861. ... April. 1  2  3  4 
 5  6  7 ... After a 33-hour bombardment by Confederate cannons, Union forces 
... that began with South Carolina's secession from the Union on December 20, 
1860. ... charleston, south carolina, fort sumter, the civil war, battle at fort sumter... [DOC] [TLE] Lesson 4 [PAR] Five days later, 68 federal troops stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, ... The 
fate of Fort Sumter lay in the hands of these two leaders. ... Yet Lincoln could not 
allow his troops to starve or surrender and risk showing considerable weakness. 
... The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery,
... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter [ushistory.org] [PAR] Fort Sumter. ... for three and a half days before Northern commander Major 
Robert Anderson surrendered. ... On December 20, 1860, South Carolina 
seceded from the Union. Five days later, 68 federal troops stationed in 
Charleston, South Carolina, ... The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861
, when Confederate... [DOC] [TLE] The Last Surrenders of the Civil War | National Archives [PAR] After the fall of Richmond, the Confederate capital, on April 2, 1865, officials in 
the ... that the South had lost the war but also as a model for the rest of the 
surrenders .... The day after Lee's surrender, the federal War Department was still 
trying to ... Union forces reached Fayetteville, North Carolina, on March 11 and 
began a... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Facts - Civil War Trust [PAR] Facts relating to the American Civil War, the Civil War Trust and battlefield 
preservation. ... The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union 
soldiers at Fort ... Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to 
Ulysses S. ... South Carolina - December 20, 1860; Mississippi - January 9, 1861; 
Florida... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter, the First Shot of the Civil War, 1861 - EyeWitness to ... [PAR] An EyeWitness account of the surrender of Fort Sumter. ... After her secession 
from the Union, South Carolina perceived herself as a ... Lincoln learned that the 
garrison at Fort Sumter was in trouble on the day he took office in March 1861. ... 
Alerted, General P.G.T Beauregard, commander of the Confederate military 
forces,... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Battles [PAR] Fort Sumter, a federal fort located in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, 
refused to surrender to the Confederates. ... To take Richmond, the Confederate 
capital, the Union army would first have to defeat the Confederate troops ... The 
victory restored Confederate morale lost after the defeat in the Battle of Antietam. 
Just the... [DOC] [TLE] The History Place - U.S. Civil War 1861-1865 [PAR] December 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union. ... February 9, 
1861 - The Confederate States of America is formed with ... Fort Sumter after its 
capture, showing damage from the Rebel bombardment of over ..... April 2, 1865 - 
Grant's forces begin a general advance and break through Lee's lines at 
Petersburg. [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park

Question: 2 days after the war began, Union troops surrendered this South Carolina fort to the Confederates
Answer: Fort Sumter