[DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter - American Civil War - HISTORY.com [PAR] U.S. Major Robert Anderson occupied the unfinished fort in December 1860 ... 
General P.G.T. Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. ... of 
artillery fire, Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13. ... several 
bombardments by Union forces before abandoning the garrison prior to .... Ask 
History. [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 ... On December 26, 1860, Major Robert Anderson of the U.S. Army 
... then seized all Federal property in the Charleston area, except for Fort Sumter. 
... during the surrender ceremonies on April 14 caused two Union deaths. [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter [ushistory.org] [PAR] ... 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, 
withdrew to Fort ... The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, when 
Confederate... [DOC] [TLE] Battle Of Fort Sumter | HistoryNet [PAR] Facts about Battle Of Fort Sumter, the first Civil War Battle of the American Civil 
War ... of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished fort in 
the ... Island across the harbor from Charleston, began asking the War 
Department for .... On April 15, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to 
suppress the... [DOC] [TLE] The Battle of Fort Sumter Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org [PAR] Mar 30, 2011 ... On April 12, 1861, General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate 
forces ... At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, 
surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day. ... forces around 
Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter: The Civil War Begins | History | Smithsonian [PAR] Ask Smithsonian ... After Union troops refused to evacuate Fort Sumter, today a 
National ... On the afternoon of April 11, 1861, a small open boat flying a white 
flag ... Robert Anderson, who had been holed up there since just after Christmas 
with ..... commander of federal forces there, surrendered his troops to the state 
militia... [DOC] [TLE] The Bert and Peggy Dupont Lecture: Prelude to War, a Gentlemen's ... [PAR] The Battle of Fort Sumter occurred on April 12th and 13th, 1861. ... In November 
1860, Major Robert Anderson, US Army, was ordered to assume command of 
Fort ... (USMA) graduate and Federal Army officer, was to remain loyal to the 
Union. ..... T. Wigfall to Fort Sumter to ask if Major Anderson would surrender to 
General... [DOC] [TLE] First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter - Texas Christian University [PAR] To the North they represented the preservation of the Union ... sixty-one man 
garrison defending the handful of small forts and the federal arsenal at 
Charleston harbor. ... The arrival of a new garrison commander, Major Robert 
Anderson, inflamed ... colors, four years after he and his garrison left the fort on 
April 14, 1861. [DOC] [TLE] April 1861April 1862 - The Civil War in America | Exhibitions ... [PAR] Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, continued to fly the 
United States ... garrison in Southern territory, Confederates began shelling the 
fort on April 12, 1861, ... offered Union Major Robert Anderson a final chance to 
surrender the fort. ... Robert Anderson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of 
Congress... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter Brochure Text-Only (pdf, 2210 KB) - National Park Service [PAR] Federal troops from Fort Sumter, did not welcome the prospect of firing on his 
former instructor. After Anderson Surrendered on April 14, 1861, Pvt. John S. Bird 
Jr. of the ... northern supporters believed that the Union could be restored without 
war if ... On Sunday, April 14, Major Anderson and his garrisons marched out of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Sumter Museum - Exhibit Text 1993

Question: Union major Robert Anderson was asked to surrender the federal garrison at this fort in April 1861
Answer: Fort Sumter