... Anderson. Confederate president Jefferson Davis demands the fort's surrender and at 4:30 am on April 12, Confederate batteries under Lt. General P.T. Beauregard open fire until later that morning, when Captain Abner Doubleday fires a volley at the rebel position at Cummings Point. Short on supplies, Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter after thirty-four hours of Confederate bombardment. April 15, 1861 Declaring a state of ... ...

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