Battle of Fort Sumter Summary

President Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860, many threats were many to the Federal troops occupying the fort in the South. Anderson, in command at the difficult-to-the-defend Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's island across the harbor from Charleston's, began asking the War Department for enforcement and making plan to move his men to one of the fortification on more secure island in the harbor- they decided to move to Castle Pinckney it was closer to the Fort Sumter entrance.
Following South Carolina’s secession on December 20, 1860, the Governor Francis Pickens was pressured to do something about Anderson and his men only because they believed that Anderson would not stay at Fort Moultrie but take a better position at a better fort. December 24, Pickens sent proxies to Washington to negotiate what would be done about the occupied forts and to ensure Anderson would remain at the fort. But, that didn’t work however, in December, they decided to put his plan in action: he assembled his troops, loaded them …show more content…
Shortly after, on January 11, Pickens demanded surrender but Anderson refused. A couple days later, the food shortage had become acute enough that Pickens wanted them to stay alive, so he sent food, which Anderson refused. Shortly after, Pickens evacuation of 45 women’s and children to provide the measure of relief for them.
Following his inauguration, Lincoln send unofficial emissaries to observe the situation and report back to him. He learned that Anderson would probably be out of food by mid- April. Anderson finally came to sense that he needed supplies and reinforcement in early March and again in April. As a relief expedition, percolated through the confederate