Fort+Sumter+nb

Fort Sumter was used to defend Charleston Harbor. After North Carolina took them self out of the Unions list they wanted to take Fort Sumter so they can take Charleston Harbor and move on North. On April 11, 1861, Beauregard sent three aides, Colonel James Chesnut, Captain Stephen D. Lee, and Lieutenant A. R. Chisolm to demand the surrender of the fort. But they didnt want to ,so the South attacked.