Bombing of Fort Sumter

The bombing of this paper by Sumter Fortress changed the lives of many people. This incident led to a big and bad war that destroyed the lifestyle with the family of some people. This is both a good thing and a bad thing to change the South. This incident started a civil war. After Lincoln won the 1860 election, many southern states were considering division from the United States. On 20 December, the South Carolina was separated from the United States in 1860 and then the other six states followed the American allies.

Immediately after the newly announced US Allied bombed the Union soldiers of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln declares war rather than Congress, mobilizing the political, economic, diplomatic, psychological and military resources of the country did. He claims that he has the right to do so as the supreme commander. However, the constitution keeps silence on the definition of authority as president's supreme commander. Lincoln has no clear precedent. Prime Minister Lincoln said in his July meeting that he had no choice in the attack on Fort Sumter. Responsibilities or abandoning the existence of the government ... So far he has made it possible for himself to do what he can. "(Abraham Lincoln's" Special Congress News, July 4, 1861 ")

Fort Sumter is an island fortress located in Port Charleston, South Carolina. Originally built in 1829, Sumter Fortress is the Coast Guard, the most prominent being the first shot of the Civil War (1861-65). In December 1860, Major Robert Anderson in the United States occupied the unfinished fort as South Carolina was separated from the Union and began to face a confrontation with the state militia. When President Abraham Lincoln announced plans to replenish the fort, the Allied Forces P.G.T. Beauregard bombed Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. After 34 hours artillery exchange, Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered to the fortress on 13th April. The Navy occupied Fort Sumter for about four years after that and resisted several bombing by Allied forces before giving up. William Shaman's garrison before Charleston was occupied in February 1865