Members of the Virginia Senate are elected every four years by the voters of the 40 senatorial districts on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November. The last election took place in November 2011.
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.
Its capture by Confederate forces (1861) was the first action of the Civil War. Word Origin and History for Fort Sumter Expand. military installation in South Carolina, U.S., begun in 1827, named for U.S. Revolutionary War officer and Congressman Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), The Carolina Gamecock.. The family name is attested from 1206, from Old French sometier driver of a pack horse..