Fort Sumter, South Carolina

The First Battle of Fort Sumter opened on 12 April 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison. These were the first shots of the war, and continued all day, watched by many civilians in a celebratory spirit. The fort had been cut off from its supply-line, and surrendered next day. The Second Battle of Fort Sumter (8 September 1863) was a failed attempt by the Union to re-take the fort, dogged by rivalry between army and navy commanders. Although the fort was reduced to rubble, it remained in Confederate hands until it was evacuated as Sherman marched through South Carolina in February 1865. Fort Sumter is now a National Monument with a Visitor Education Center. This was a historic project which served as an old group Confederate fort. Credits to Anorack for doing half of the building of Sumter. Solencia has the rights to use my Fort Sumter as a group base through the Russian/Confederate exchange.