Fort Sumter
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[edit] What Is Fort Sumter?
[edit] How Was Fort Sumter Created?
Fort Sumter
· Had an armament of 135 guns and a garrison of 650 men.
· It is the entrance to Charleston Harbor
· The battle was the start of the civil war
· Was built 1829-60, on a shoal
· It was named after Gen. Thomas Sumter who was a revolutionary war hero from South Carolina
· “Major Robert Anderson removed his U.S. army command of about 100 men from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, a stronger defensive site.” www.encyclopedia.com
· It is a national monument
· And became one in 1948,which includes Fort Moultrie
· The passing of the Ordinance of Secession
· South Carolina demanded for the federal property within the state
· Made of granite
· Was made to protect the Charles harbor
· Was built long before the civil war happened, But wasn’t finished until 1 year before it took place
· Was destroyed after the battle of fort Sumter
· Located on Morris island
· Constructed on an artificial island made from the sea shells and granite of northern quarries
· Forts Moultrie and Johnson, and Castle Pinckney, virtually surrounded it
· A pentagonal structure, fifty feet high, with walls eight to twelve feet thick.
· “Dimensions: 300 ft. long by 400 ft. high by 8-12 ft. thick” http://sciway2.net/2002/b72s/
· Fewer than half of the cannons that should have been there were unavailable due to military downsizing when the first shot was fired of the battle of fort Sumter · The fort only lasted 34 hours
