... to be unconstitutional, vowed to preserve the union at all costs. Lincoln also refused to relinquish control of the federal forts in South Carolina. On April 11, 1861, Confederate general Pierre G. T. Beauregard demanded that Major Robert Anderson, in charge of Fort Sumter, surrender. Anderson refused, but his supplies were diminishing and only had a few days until it was gone ... . Beauregard gave an ultimatum to Anderson and again he refused. The first shots were fired on April 12, 1861, beginning the Civil War. The conflict between the North and the South ... ...

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... the time period that can be clicked on and enlarged. In addition, it provides links to several other sites with resources on important individuals of the time period eg. Gen Pierre Beauregard, along with links to information on important historical events....

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... lasted from dawn to dusk and was one of the most desperate of the war, the Union troops were steadily driven back, but Johnston was killed, and his successor, General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, ordered operations suspended a few hours later. The following day Grant, with 25,000 reinforcements under General Don Carlos Buell, attacked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw to Corinth, Mississippi ... ...

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