BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Battle of Fort Sumter UID:2009-02-13-15-01-58-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=4;BYMONTHDAY=12 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260412 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260413 DTSTAMP:20260430T010929 CATEGORIES:Civil War Events LOCATION:Charleston\, South Carolina GEO:32.7764749;-79.9310512 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

The Battle of Fort Sumte r was the first military engagement of the American Civil War, taking plac e from April 12 to 14, 1861, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The con flict began when Confederate forces, under Brigadier General P.G.T. Beaure gard, fired upon the Union-held Fort Sumter, which was garrisoned by Major Robert Anderson and his troops. The attack came after South Carolina sece ded from the Union and demanded the surrender of the fort. The Union force s, outnumbered and outgunned, eventually surrendered after two days of bom bardment, with no casualties on either side. Although the battle was relat ively small in scale, it marked the official start of the Civil War, as it galvanized both the North and South into full-scale conflict.

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DESCRIPTION:The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first military engagement of the American Civil War\, taking place from April 12 to 14\, 1861\, in Char leston Harbor\, South Carolina. The conflict began when Confederate forces \, under Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard\, fired upon the Union-held F ort Sumter\, which was garrisoned by Major Robert Anderson and his troops. The attack came after South Carolina seceded from the Union and demanded the surrender of the fort. The Union forces\, outnumbered and outgunned\, eventually surrendered after two days of bombardment\, with no casualties on either side. Although the battle was relatively small in scale\, it mar ked the official start of the Civil War\, as it galvanized both the North and South into full-scale conflict.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6406-battle-o f-fort-sumter?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR