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Battle of Fort Sumter. Events leading to. The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12â14, 1861) was the bombardment of U.S. Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, by the Confederates, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the U.S. Army that started the American Civil War.
The significance of Fort Sumter is that it is where the Civil War essentially started. When the Union tried to resupply the fort and the South fired on the fort, the war was inevitable. Fort Sumter was a fort in the harbor of Charleston, SC.Even after South Carolina seceded from the Union, Pres.Lincoln declared that he would continue to keep Union troops in the fort.he significance of Fort Sumter is that it is where the Civil War essentially started. When the Union tried to resupply the fort and the South fired on the fort, the war was inevitable. Fort Sumter was a fort in the harbor of Charleston, SC.