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Plans for the buliding of Fort Sumter were adopted and building started in 1829
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Robert Anderson, a Union commander, stationed his troops at Fort Sumter after South Carolina seceeded
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Lincoln sent supplies ships to Charleston Harbor to attempt to supply the fort of much needed supply such as food.
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Confederate general Beauregard ordered Anderson to surrender the fort but he refused
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Confederated troops open fire on the Union held Fort sumter
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Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter to the Confederates
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William Sherman reclaimed Fort Sumter for the Union when he captured the city of Charleston
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Fort Sumter was used as an un-armed lighthouse
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An istallation was made to Fort Sumter for military purposes, but it never saw combat
